The Department of Environment has secured more than $18 million over the past 24 months in external donor funding to support biodiversity conservation and environmental protection work.
Minister for Environment Dr Mahendra Reddy said the department had also secured another investment of $600,000 from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to support its mangrove conservation project.
“We will continue to ensure that Fiji’s natural environment was protected, resources sustainably utilised, all developments sustainable, ozone layer protected and waste is properly managed,” he said.
“Fiji’s Mangrove Management and Conservation policy will further underpin the existing institutional frameworks that promote the conservation, management and protection of Fiji’s mangrove ecosystems,” he said.
He said the department was also working with PacWastePlus to formulate a $US300,000 ($F626,257) +organic waste management program.
