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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Small-scale tourism development by rural communities, especially in the Yasawas group of islands, is becoming an important part of the Fijian tourism package. Such developments are usually small-scale, low-technology, minimal planning, low investment and are aimed at the budget traveller.
Here are some great info sheets about assisting in these matters.
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Across the world, areas with high or important biodiversity are often located within Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ conserved territories and areas (ICCAs).
Traditional and contemporary systems of stewardship embedded within cultural practices enable the conservation, restoration and connectivity of ecosystems, habitats, and specific species in accordance with indigenous and local worldviews.
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The handbook provides details of relevant laws protecting turtles, offences, penalties, and guidance on investigative procedures and information on turtle species that will assist authorised enforcement officers and enforcement agencies to strengthen turtle protection in Fiji.
…Turtles play an important role in Pacific culture as well as that of the indigenous Fijians or iTaukei.
In certain parts of Fiji, turtles are considered totem animals or spirits. Turtles, traditional mats and whale’s teeth have cultural signi?icance and are used in some parts of Fiji in traditional ceremonies such as Chiefly weddings and Chiefly installations.
Legends of these sea creatures remain in the oral traditions to the present day.
…Saving Sea Turtles In Fiji – A Guide For Law Enforcement – Part 1 – The LawRead More »
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Come and help celebrate Fiji’s magnificent Sharks, Rays and Turtles, have fun and show you care about our world’s delicate coral reefs: join the hunt for the Great Fiji Shark!
In 2012 Fiji is getting serious about Shark Protection!
Across the world it is recognised that sharks are vital to the health and balance of marine ecosystems, yet they are globally overfished and hunted to the brink of extinction. Sharks survived the dinosaurs, but they may not survive mankind unless we take action now! …
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Led by the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), the Pew Environment Group, and the Fijian Ministry of Fisheries, we are working to declare all of Fiji’s waters a sanctuary for sharks but we can only do this with the continued will and support of the Fijian people.
Sharks have roamed our oceans since before the time of dinosaurs, but their long reign at the top of the ocean food chain may be ending. Around the globe, more and more of these creatures are being caught and killed for their fins, or accidentally as bycatch.
Honduras, Palau, the Maldives, the Bahamas, Tokelau, and the Marshall Islands have led the way by declaring their waters sanctuaries for these magnificent animals. We aim to bring the same protections to sharks in Fiji by creating a national shark sanctuary here, the first of its kind in Melanesia.
Join us by helping to raise awareness about the plight and importance of sharks to Fiji’s cultural and economic future. Learn how you can get involved in helping to make history. …
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Johnson Seeto & Wayne J. Baldwin, Faculty of Science, Technology & Environment, The University of the South Pacific, have published the USP official Checklist of the Fishes of Fiji and a Bibliography of Fijian Fish
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This fact sheet was produced by the Environmental Law Association to help members of the public respond effectively to breaches of environmental law.
…Breaches Of The Law – Environmental Law Association Environmental Law Fact Sheet No. 6Read More »
Breaches Of The Law – Environmental Law Association Environmental Law Fact Sheet No. 6 Read More »
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