Plans are in progress for the translocation of Fijian flora and fauna species listed under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) endangered list.
Mosese Vesikara and his uncle, Kinikoto Mailautoka, are on the reef collecting sea urchins for lunch...When out collecting Vesikara and the other fishers carefully skirt the tabu – pronounced TAM-bo – a no-fishin
With extremely limited global travel, and the almost total shutdown of the tourism industry in Fiji, Ocean Ventures Fiji, a PADI scuba diving operator based in the untouched Natewa Bay near Savusavu, decided to put their time to good use by writing a first-of-its kind coral reef ecology course.
While other nations are using COVID-19 as an excuse to pause, or even roll back, Fiji won’t accept excuses when it comes to the environment.
It was during a screening of the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon that the Fiji Crested Iguana was first identified. The movie was partially shot at Nanuya Levu, Fiji and, when John Gibbons from the University of the South Pacific watched the sweeping landscape shots of native flora and fauna on th
The government has partnered with Vulcan Inc, a US based company for the utilization of the Allen Coral Atlas to monitor and manage coral reefs.
The launch of the conservation and the protection of Fiji’s endangered iguana species policy is expected to boost the protection efforts of the crested iguana’s sanctuary on the island of Yadua Taba on Yadua Island in Bua on Vanua Levu.
Fiji's government says the seasonal ban on the harvest, sale and consumption of Grouper and Coral Trout fish, (Kawakawa and Donu), will resume next month. Minister for Fisheries, Semi Koroilavesau, said the ban - from June to September - aimed to protect the two species during their peak bre
Fiji's government has announced 24 scholarships for Pacific students to pursue the advanced study of the oceans and climate change. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said the $US2.7 million package is being facilitated under the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Project.
Fiji is sold to tourists as the land of white sandy beaches and clear blue waters but a new resort development is threatening the Pacific nation's idyllic image. A Chinese-owned company is building a casino hotel on Malolo Island, near a world-famous surf break.