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THE development of Taveuni’s agriculture has increasingly been at odds with the need to protect and conserve its natural environment. As the encroachment into the Taveuni Forest Reserve and Ravilevu Nature Reserve expands, due to dalo and yaqona production, it has affected ecosystem services provided by these natural resources, especially watershed protection. This in turn could lead the island into a crisis. The reserves on the island marked by the Blue Line boundary are part of Fiji’s largest reserves. The Taveuni Forest Reserve, established in 1914, has a total land area of 11,291 hectares and the Ravilevu Nature Reserve, established in 1959, is 4,019 hectares in area.
Original Article: Crossing Taveuni’s blue line
