Rapid growth, infrastructure development and improper land-use on Kadavu are constantly degrading the island’s rich biodiversity of both marine and terrestrial resources. However, the unique tenure system over both marine and terrestrial resources in Fiji allows for the opportunity to arrest and restore this adverse effect through community-based management.

The project’s second phase will see the implementation of the management plan produced in the first phase and the restoration of degraded catchments in Nakasaleka district.