This report presents the findings of an expedition conducted under the Fiji MESCAL programme at the demonstration site: the Rewa River mangroves. The expedition team carried out surveys of the area’s biodiversity, cultural and archaeological heritage and its socioeconomic profile.
Flora, vegetation and ecology
A total of 181 plant taxa were recorded in the area. There were 96 native species, five of which are endemic to Fiji. Eight obligatory mangrove tree species were recorded, with an additional four non-tree species classified as mangrove associates. The main plant communities or habitat types identified in the study site were: Rhizophora (tiri) forest, mixed mangrove forest, Bruguiera (dogo) forest, back of the mangrove forest, Acrostichum (borete) habitat, coastal beach forest, anthropogenic secondary forest, peatbog swamp, grassland swamp and woody shrub swamp.
