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Useful info for resorts and dive operations in the Fiji & the South Pacific. This info can be used freely if used for non-commercial projects. For commercial projects, please contact marine ecology consulting.

Fiji EIA Guidelines

Fiji EIA Guidelines by the Fiji Department of Environment

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Fiji EIA Guidelines as prepared by the Fiji Department of Environment

In the promotion of environmentally sound and sustainable development, it is indispensable to establish the necessary legal and institutional arrangements such that environmental factors are considered at the early stages of project planning.

Environmental assessment is an important technique for ensuring that the likely impacts on the environment of proposed developments are fully understood and taken into account before such developments is allowed to proceed.

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Environment Management Act (2005)

Fiji Environment Management Act

Fiji Environmental Laws, marine ecology consulting, Useful Info

Fiji’s Environment Management Act 2005 (“EMA”) came into force on 1 January 2008.

Additionally these Regulations have also come into force:

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Key Turbidity Tube Components

Turbidity Tube Construction

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There are many ways to build a turbidity tube. On this page, we will look at the key components of a tube and then discuss possible substitutions for these different components.

This section is very broad to allow flexibility in design and material use.

A detailed set of instructions for a specific turbidity tube design can be found here: The Turbidity Tube_ Simple and Accurate Measurement of Turbidity.

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Crown of Thorns (COTS)

Crown of Thorns Sea Star – facts and suggestions

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The Crown of Thorns Sea Star (COTS) is known locally in Fiji as “Bula”. It is a large, spiky star with up to 15 legs, which feeds on the live coral animals, leaving white, dead coral skeletons behind it.

These quickly grow over with fuzzy algae, leaving a dead, unattractive piece of reef.

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Vote for The Great Fiji Shark Count

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Vote for us in Ocean Action Project 2013

Help get the financial support we need to run the next Great Fiji Shark Count!

Voting is on for the Ocean Action Project 2013 and we need your vote for The Great Fiji Shark Count! Projects will be chosen by the Project AWARE community through a voting system via Facebook. …

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