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Nawi Island’s Mangrove Rehabilitation Program launched in November last year is aimed at helping to enrich qoliqoli areas and have rooted benefits within the communities and the environment.
Spatial Use of Marine Resources in a Village: A case study from Qoma, Fiji
Understanding the value of fishers’ Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge (ITK) and of fishers’ spatial use of customary fishing grounds is an important contributing factor to marine resource management. This study investigates and documents ITK of marine resources and the associated spatial knowledge of fishing areas in Qoma, a rural fishing village in Fiji. Using a sex-generational lens, our research combines theory and methods from Participatory Geographic Information Systems and ethnography.
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The conservation of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in the country will not affect the livelihoods of the fishing communities.
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Access fees will soon be introduced for fisherfolk looking to fish in particular i-qoliqoli areas.