Can alternative income programs save Fiji’s reef fish?
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Amy West reports on the future livelihood of Fijian fishers and the reefs they depend on. […]
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Marrying religion and conservation could make Fiji’s fisheries sustainable
Reeling in religious messages: how faith impacts fisheries in Fiji. Read the full feature by Fijian Fisheries Special Reporting Initiatives […]
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Will Fiji implement a much-needed update to its fisheries laws before the September election?
Read SRI Fellow Amy West’s piece: Fishing for coherent regulations along Fiji’s coral reefs
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Deepening Pressure on Fiji’s Sea Cucumbers
Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Amy West reports on the dangerous world of sea cucumber hunting in Fiji. Read the whole […]
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A Thing of Beauty: Former Miss South Pacific Works to Protect Seas
SRI Fellow Amy West sits down with Alisi Rabukawaqa, former Miss South Pacific and current conservationist in Fiji. West interviewed […]
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Reporter’s Journal: Finding Fiji Time
Amy West is Mongabay.org’s Special Reporting Assignment Fellow reporting on the state of Fiji’s coral reef fisheries. Watch her short […]
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Reporter’s Journal: Fighting poachers and Mother Nature
Read about this photo and SRI Fellow Amy West’s experience reporting from Fiji.
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Reporter’s Journal: The Lesser Fish
Read about Amy’s experience in Fijian fisheries.
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Radio Story: Diving Over
A Santa Cruz family threw in the towel to CA traffic, to move to a tiny Fiji island without traffic […]
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Eroding the traditional chiefly system in Fiji
Are villages becoming more democratic, and is that good or bad for fisheries? It’s important to know how local governance […]
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Romantic Allure of LMMAS
It’s a romantic notion to put people in charge of their own resources, but it’s not that simple. This will […]
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Fishing for Options
Creating alternative livelihoods to fishing sounds like the obvious solution, but it is not. That strategy has not been shown […]
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