The Department of Fisheries staff have gone through a 2-day workshop as part of the Project for Promotion of Grace of the Sea in the Coastal Villages Phase III, funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).The workshop focused on integrated Community Based-Coastal Resource Management (
Few places on our planet remain untouched by humans.The growing global demand for food, fibre, fuels, shelter and freshwater is driving the loss and degradation of natural forests, wetlands, coastal areas and other ecosystems. Click on the link below to read the full article.
A tourism expert has warned the desecration on Malolo Island could become an international example of 'what not to do' in sustainable tourism development, alongside excessive impacts from resorts in places like the Philippines and Thailand. Click on the link below to read the full article.
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The Graduate Program in Coastal Science and Policy prepares future leaders to solve current and emerging challenges to coastal sustainability. Students admitted to the Master of Science in Coastal Science and Policy come from a diverse array of backgrounds.
This report was a collaboration Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations, University of Hong Kong, Fiji Ministry of Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the University of British Columbia (Canada).We conducted a seafood VCA for the coral reef grouper (Epinephelidae) fishery in Fiji with the goal of understanding the distribution of value gained from grouper along the trade chain, from fisher to consumer.
Though we share this big, blue planet with thousands of species, human beings don’t always show the respect we should to the animal kingdom. Nowhere is that more apparent than in our waste-filled, polluted oceans and seas. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The Va’a Based Environmental Education Campaign, which was based at Manono-Uta Primary School throughout last week, made a lasting impact on both the students and the teachers of the targeted district – Aiga I Le Tai. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The United Nations Development Programme today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an academic institution and stakeholders as partners for delivery of the Fiji Ridge to Reef Project.Click on the link below to read the full article.
These Guidelines aim to assist with the implementation of national EIA legal requirements and to promote best practice in EIA process for Coastal Tourism Development in the Pacific. Click on the link below to access the full guidelines.