A Chinese company that dug a channel through mangroves and a coral reef to provide access to a multi-million-dollar resort and casino development on a Fijian island has been fined $FJ1 million ($650,000) by the High Court in Suva. The company was found guilty in April last year of
Despite being widespread across the Pacific and Indian oceans, coconut crabs are disappearing across their range, according to a new conservation assessment that warns they’re vulnerable to extinction.
The Fijian government has made clear it won’t approve any proposal that damages the environment following a Newsroom investigation that exposed a New Zealand-registered company’s plan to excavate 2.5 hectares of coral reef at a Fijian island group to improve surf waves.
In April this year, Freesoul Real Estate Development was convicted of carrying out unauthorized development on Malolo Island. Freesoul Real Estate Development is charged with three counts of undertaking unauthorized development and failure to comply with a prohibition notice.
Freesoul Real Estate Development Limited has been found guilty of two counts of Undertaking Unauthorized Developments by Suva Magistrate Seini Puamau...The charges against Freesoul relate to the failure to comply with a Prohibition Notice issued by the Department of Environment in June 2018 and c
America's coastal saltwater wetlands are on a course toward functional extinction in the coming decades. Their demise will come at the hands of steadily accelerating sea-level rise and relentless coastal development.
Magistrate Seini Puamau has deferred her ruling on evidentiary hearing in the matter involving Freesoul Real Estate Development (Fiji) PTE Ltd...Freesoul is charged with two separate counts of undertaking unauthorised developments and one count of failure to comply with a prohibition notice under
Director for Environment Sandeep Singh has been crossed examined in the case against Freesoul Real Estate Development Limited. The company is charged with one count of Undertaking Unauthorised Development and Failure to comply with a Prohibition Notice.
The health of our coastal waters is on the rocks – can marine parks save it, or is it too little too late?...Climate change, coastal development, over-fishing and increased ship traffic are all having devastating effects on our marine life.
The near-shore habitats of Bahia Las Minas in the central Caribbean coast of Panama became heavily contaminated after a refinery accident in 1986. Over the next five years, there was a significant decline in the numbers and diversity of corals.
