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 The Government of Fiji

This report highlights WCS Fiji Country Program's achievements from January to December
2017, under our three main themes of Science, Management and Communication. We also
highlight our engagement with national and regional policy and planning, and the links to Fiji’s national priority strategies under the National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan (NBSAP), National Climate Change Policy, Green Growth Framework and National Gender Policy, to enable governments and partners to assess progress towards national targets.

Call Number: [EL],333.7 WCS

 The Government of Fiji

The Vatu-i-Ra Seascape is an area of unique ecological value located between Fiji’s two main islands incorporating the four provinces of Bua, Ra, Lomaiviti, and Tailevu, and their associated traditional fishing grounds and offshore channels.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

This booklet is part of the Wakatu Fiji campaign which was launched to encourage and empower people to better care for the land and sea that has taken care of us.

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Call Number: VF 8358 [EL]

ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0892-0,978-982-04-0891-3

Physical Description: 24 p. 29 cm

 World Wildlife Fund

The Fiji Islands Marine Eco region which includes our coastal, Inshore and offshore marine environment is rich in marine biodiversity and endemism. A natural and vibrant ecological mosaic, it links coastal forests and mangroves; tidal estuaries, seagrass beds and lagoons; rich coral reefs and barrier islands.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP),  Maritime New Zealand

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Maritime New Zealand
(MNZ) were engaged to assist the Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji (MSAF) with an oil spill
environmental risk assessment. The project team visited Fiji’s major ports and transfer terminals. The
aim of this exercise was to provide recommendations to support Fiji’s commitment to improve oil spill
prevention and response.

Available online

Call Number: [EL]

ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0540-0,978-982-04-0541-7

 KUNGL. VETENSKAPS-AKADEMIEN: The Royal Swedish Academy of Science.

Globally and locally, conservationists and scientists work to inform policy makers to help recovery of endangered sea turtle populations. In Fiji, in the South Pacific, sea turtles are protected by the national legislation because of their conservation status, and are also a customary iTaukei resource. Centered on our interview based study at Qoma and Denimanu villages, parallel management systems coexist, where both the (written) national legislation and the (unwritten) customary iTaukei rules determine the time and the quantity of sea turtle harvest.

 Elsevier Ltd

Understanding perceived equity is key, equity subjective, context-dependent and has implications for legitimacy, cooperation and wellbeing. Since gender in combination with other social characteristics, influence how people benefit or participate in management, examining perceived fairness from an intersectional perspective is crucial.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 10 p.

 Frontiers Media SA

The time-tested Indigenous fishing knowledge (IFK) of Fiji and the Pacific Island is seriously threatened due to the commercialization of fishing, breakdown of tradition communal leadership and oral knowledge transmission systems, modern education and the movement of the younger generations to urban areas for work and/or study.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 18 p.