Local knowledge helps Fiji protect marine resources

Local knowledge helps Fiji protect marine resources

Fiji Islands 31 August 2008 -

Source: ICSF
Protecting and improving Fiji's marine resources is an issue often neglected except by conservationists who are eager to make a change. It's this change that has made it possible for Fiji to protect nearly half of its inshore fisheries which about 50 per cent of the population depend on.
Fiji is lucky to have a handful of organisations who work hard so that Fiji could one day become a model for other countries on the state of its marine resources. While some countries in the world are looking for ways to protect their ocean and food security, Fiji seems to be doing well because it is already halfway there through its marine protected areas.

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