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A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 438 km 2 of tidal flats in Fiji, making it the 49th ranked country in terms of tidal flat area. [3] Elevation extremes. Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 km (0 mi) Highest point: Mount Tomanivi 1,324 metres (4,344 ft) Natural resources
Natural resources include timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil, and hydropower. Fiji experienced a period of rapid growth in the 1960s and 1970s but stagnated in the 1980s. The coups of 1987 caused further contraction. [114]
The natural vegetation of the ecoregion is tropical dry forest. The most widespread dry forest community was characterized Dacrydium nidulum and Fagraea gracilipes, with Myristica castaneifolia, Dysoxylum richii, Parinari insularum, Intsia bijuga, Syzygium spp., Aleurites moluccana, Ficus theophrastoides, the conifers Podocarpus neriifolius and Gymnostoma vitiense, the cycad Cycas seemannii ...
The Fiji tropical moist forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in Fiji and Wallis and Futuna. It covers the windward sides of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu , Fiji's largest islands, as well as the smaller Fijian islands and the three islands that make up Wallis and Futuna , an overseas territory of France .
[32] [33] Due to the dependency of Fiji's rural population on natural resources and small-scale farming, Fijian agriculture is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, rainfall and temperature variability and sea level rise resulting from climate change, all of which erode Fiji's long-term food security prospects. [34]
In 2018, Vorovoro's abundant natural resources and fight against the threats posed by climate change were featured in an article Too Much Seawater; Too Little Drinking Water in The Washington Post after a Post reporter visited the island. The article has helped to shed light on Vorovoro and has served as a spark for future tourism development.
The National Trust of Fiji is a statutory organization in Fiji devoted to conservation of public resources. The trust was created in 1970 by the National Trust for Fiji Act . It administers parks and various historical sites.
The Monasavu Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Nanuku River about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Suva in Naitasiri Province, Fiji.It is located just above the Monasavu Falls and is both the tallest and largest dam, which also withholds the largest reservoir in the country.