World Wildlife Fund
The Great Sea Reef, a priority for WWF’s Global Coral Reef Rescue Initiative—which focuses on climate resilient reefs and communities that depend on them—harbors around 40% of the known marine flora and fauna in Fiji and supplies as much as 80% of the fish caught for the domestic fisheries industry. But this important ecosystem faces threats from overfishing, climate change, and pollution from unsustainable agriculture and other land-based activities.
Supported by funders including The Henry Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, WWF is aiding the Fijian government and local communities in their efforts to establish a network of marine protected areas that will cover 30% of the country’s waters by 2030.
The Great Sea Reef survey will inform this work.
