Marine Protection in Fiji
Achieving Goals through Partnership
The scale of the Fiji Islands Marine Ecoregion is a challenge for only one organisation to take on. Strong partnerships with agencies within the country that share and can contribute to achieving the vision of ecoregion conservation is essential to achieve collective goals.
“Our objective is to support the Pacific Islands people maintain biodiversity and fisheries productivity within priority ecoregions in partnership with stakeholders”
Collaboration required for ecoregion conservation
- The Fiji Government and its relevant ministries and departments are instrumental in the review and enforcement of environmental legislations and policies
- Local communities are the traditional custodians of marine resources, and are integral parts of the overall planning process, incorporating their traditional knowledge of marine conservation
- NGOs of a wide range of expertise offering technical support which can be pooled together to enable sound and informed decisions when implementing the various phases of the vision
- Research institutions have the scientific knowledge to identify high biodiversity areas.
Ecoregion Conservation Plan
This is a multi-stakeholder plan of action or strategic interventions to conserve priority areas of biodiversity in Fiji.
The biodiversity prioritisation process:
- Reconnaisance - literature review, data collection, building support and partnership, identification of experts in the region
- Biodiversity visioning exercise - local, national and international experts gather in a workshop to identify and endorse biodiversity priority areas, which deserve channeling of limited resources for conservation.