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Publications

Marine Ecology Consulting and Helen Sykes have partnered with leading NGO and conservation bodies to  publish many papers and reports.

Below is a selection of the most recent. Many can be downloaded from their respective pages, but if not, please contact Marine Ecology Consulting

Snapshot of the 2019 coral bleaching in Fiji

Snapshot of the 2019 coral bleaching in Fiji
Download the 2019 Coral Bleaching Fiji FactsheetDownload

Impact of coral bleaching

Found in tropical oceans, corals are important reef builders that secrete calcium carbonate to form coral reefs. Corals live in a mutualistic relationship with symbiotic algae, which use sunlight to produce food for corals and get shelter in return. Under stress, such as elevated seawater temperatures for prolonged periods, corals can start to bleach.

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Reef Conditions, Somosomo Straits, Taveuni from 2002 onwards – Fiji Coral Reef Monitoring Network (FCRMN)

Reef Conditions, Somosomo Straits, Taveuni from 2002 onwards - Fiji Coral Reef Monitoring Network (FCRMN)

Background

Reef Surveys have been carried out at two sites (the Great White Wall on the outer face, and the back of Blue Ribbon Eel Reef / Jerry’s Jelly on the inside of the Rainbow Reef) in the Somosomo Straits since 2002, with the exception of 2005 (Rainbow Reef only), 2008 (no surveys), and 2015 – 2017 (no surveys due to poor weather and time constraints).

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Status and Trends of Coral Reefs of the Pacific 2017 – Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network

Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network The Status and Trends of Coral Reefs of the Pacific 2017 1

The Status and Trends of Coral Reefs of the Pacific 2017 Report by Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network has been completed, and was launched by UN Environment and SPREP on 27 September 2018 during the 6th National Report Technical Support Regional Workshop held on campus in Apia, Samoa.

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Biophysically Special, Unique Marine Areas Of Fiji

Biophysically Special, Unique Marine Areas Of Fiji

This report outlines the process undertaken to define and describe the special, unique marine areas of Fiji.

These special, unique marine areas provide an important input to decisions about, for example, permits, licences, EIAs and where to place different types of marine protected areas, locally managed marine areas and Community Conservation Areas in Fiji.

Sykes H, Le Grand J, Davey K, Kirmani SN, Mangubhai S, Yakub N, Wendt H, Gauna M, Fernandes L (2018) Biophysically special, unique marine areas of Fiji. MACBIO (GIZ, IUCN, SPREP), Wildlife Conservation Society and Fiji’s Protected Area Committee (PAC); Suva.

Download – Biophysically Special, Unique Marine Areas Of Fiji
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World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation – Second Edition, Volume Two

World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation 2nd Edition Volume II: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific

Helen Sykes is one of the authors on the Chapter 35 – Fiji: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation – Second Edition, Volume Two.

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Marine Biological Surveys of the Northern Lau Group – 2018

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Miller K, Nand Y, Mangubhai S, Lee S, Naisilisili W, Sykes H (2018) Marine Biological Surveys of the Northern Lau Group. Report No. 01/18. Vatuvara Foundation and the Wildlife Conservation Society, Suva, Fiji. 46 pp.

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Contribution of Marine Conservation Agreements to Biodiversity Protection, Fisheries Management and Sustainable Financing in Fiji

Marine Conservation Agreements-2

Helen Sykes, Marita Manley and Sangeeta Mangubhai have just finished the report on the “Contribution of Marine Conservation Agreements to Biodiversity Protection, Fisheries Management and Sustainable Financing in Fiji.”

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Marine Biological Surveys of the Northern Lau Group – Report

Marine Biological Surveys of the Northern Lau Group

An 8 day marine biological baseline survey was conducted by Vatuvara Foundation and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) from 8-16 May, 2017. The expedition was the first systematic effort to document the marine environments of Kaibu, Yacata, Vatuvara, Kanacea and Adavaci islands in the Northern Lau Group.

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State of Conservation in Fiji : Country Report 2013 – SPREP

State of conservation in Fiji country report 2013

The Coral Reefs and Seagrass sections in the State of Conservation in Fiji 2013 were complied by  Helen Sykes, Marine Ecology Consulting

For the Ninth Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas December 2013, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) commissioned an assessment of the status of biodiversity and conservation in Oceania. 

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Status and potential of locally-managed marine areas in the South Pacific: meeting nature conservation and sustainable livelihood targets through wide-spread implementation of LMMAs

Status and potential of locally-managed marine areas in the South Pacific: meeting nature conservation and sustainable livelihood targets through wide-spread implementation of LMMAs

Status and potential of locally-managed marine areas in the South Pacific: meeting nature conservation and sustainable livelihood targets through wide-spread implementation of LMMAs

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  • Status and Trends of Coral Reefs of the Pacific 2017 – Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
  • Biophysically Special, Unique Marine Areas Of Fiji

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