Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
?
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
67 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36153
Legacy PEIN ID:
76158
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine reserves - Conservation - Fiji
Marine resources - Conservation - Fiji
Conservation of natural resources - Fiji
Community based - Conservation - Fiji
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Reserves
Reserves - Oceania - Pacific
Local Marine Reserve Fiji
Reserves - Fiji
Fiji
Abstract
It is late in the evening in the Tavua district, Fiji. We are sitting around a Tanoa1 bowl and kava2 is being distributed around a small group of men; some farmers, some fishers and one priest. Kittune Ratuba or Kiti, as he is known, passes me a bowl. As I clap before taking it to drink, Kiti tells me; we protect the fish in our MPA by patrolling in a metal boat. When we catch poachers we fine them and take their fish. Once the brown, bitter liquid of the Cassava root passes my lips I clap again, twice. As the bowl moves on around the circle of men, Kiti continues on his role as the head fish warden for his i qoliqoli3 ; if they dont pay I take them to the police! Kiti evidently takes the business of conservation very seriously. Once a dynamite fisher himself, an issue which has plagued the Tavua district, Kiti embodies the recent wave of conservation converts with a growing awareness of the need to actively conserve their critical natural resources. Kiti is only one man, but he is integral to the network of community-based conservation projects in the Republic of the Fiji Islands, now known as the Fiji Locally-Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) network.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
?
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Suva, Fiji
Physical Description:
67 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36153
Legacy PEIN ID:
76158
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 27-Jan-2010
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021