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Yadua Turtle Monitoring and Irris

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in 'Great Sea Reefs of Fiji' Photo Blog, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coral reefs, Fiji, Fijian village, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Partners, People, Photography, Turtles on August 22, 2013

Yadua Turtle Monitoring and Irris

20 April 2013 Patricia Mallam WWF South Pacific Communications Manager brought her lovely 9 year old daughter Irris to rendezvous with us on Yadua Island – we, coming from Macuata Province and they, coming from Suva. They were joined by Pita Qarau, Turtle Monitor from Yadua Village in Suva and they all took the ferry from Viti Levu to […]

WWF & University of South Pacific at work in the Great Sea Reef

WWF and University of South Pacific at work in the Great Sea Reef

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in 'Great Sea Reefs of Fiji' Photo Blog, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coral reefs, Ecotourism, Fiji, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Partners, Photography, Places, Scuba Diving, Turtles on August 8, 2013

April 2013 Our visits to the Fijian villages and the one resort in Macuata Province were made the richer when we were able to document the fieldwork of WWF South Pacific Marine Species Coordinator Laitia Tamata, WWF Labasa staff Koli Musudroka and University of South Pacific Laisiasa Cavakiqali. They were visiting 5 sites in the target reef systems […]

Nukubati Island - the Only Resort in Macuata Province's Great Sea Reef

Nukubati Island – the Only Resort in Macuata Province’s Great Sea Reef

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in 'Great Sea Reefs of Fiji' Photo Blog, Biodiversity, Coral reefs, Culture, Ecotourism, Fiji, Mangrove environment, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Partners, People, Photography, Places, Scuba Diving on July 30, 2013

14 – 18 April 2013 Nukubati Island -16.463168,179.025926 Getting a WWF assignment to document the world’s third largest barrier reef, we needed to make sure we saw the Great Sea Reef from underwater. Nukubati Island Resort is the only resort in the Macuata Province of the GSR who offered diving as well as many other water related […]

First Day - Fiji's Northern Division

First Day – Labasa, Fiji’s Northern Division

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in 'Great Sea Reefs of Fiji' Photo Blog, Culture, Farming, Partners, People on March 28, 2013

28 March 2013 16°25’41.94″S 179°22’37.86″E – Labasa Town, Northern Division, Fiji The incredibly efficient and fired up WWF South Pacific team in Fiji has given us a packed itinerary for our five weeks stay to document the entire length of the Great Sea Reefs of Fiji. Locally known as Cakaulevu, the Great Sea Reefs is […]

Whale Sharks of Cenderawasih Bay

Whale Sharks of Cenderawasih Bay, Province of Papua, Indonesia

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Biodiversity, Coral Triangle, Ecotourism, Fisheries, Indonesia, Partners, People, Places, Scuba Diving on March 23, 2013

23 March 2013 I really believe in saying “it’s better late than never”. Well, this post is almost a year late but nonetheless, the experience is still fresh in my mind like it happened yesterday. As we get ready to leave tomorrow for our next brand new expedition to Fiji, I thought it best to finish […]