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March 2018
April 2018
Learn about Fiji’s endangered palms from Dick Watling, scientist, author and Pacific Islands’ key environmentalist.
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Back by popular demand! Freshwater macroinvertebrate scientist Bindiya Rashni will lead another Meandering Mates Hunt to find the critters that live in a stream. But this time, we’ll be in a new location: The Garrick Reserve in Namosi Province. We’ll be using the Traffic Light Bio-indicator designed by Bindiya to assess the health of the stream based on the species composition of macro-invertebrates in it. The Garrick Reserve will be a particularly interesting site as we can compare the animals living…
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February 2019
March 2019
Join Birdlife’s Dr. Mark O’Brien at the Nasese foreshore to get a closer look at some of our amazingly beautiful migratory shorebirds in their full breeding plumage. Meet at the shelter opposite Sacred Heart College on Saturday, 9 March at 4:00 pm. This particular site is of special scientific interest because the breeding waders have traveled thousands of miles to this spot in Fiji to feed as they get ready for breeding. Saturday, 9 March, 2019 4.00 – 5.30 pm…
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Join the NatureFiji-MareqetiViti team and friends as we together commemorate World Migratory Birds Day and learn more about Fiji’s original tourists Did you know that some animals migrate—or travel—to different places, usually when the season changes? Well, 11 May is a special day dedicated to migratory birds! In honor of World Migratory Bird Day, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti invites you to find out more about Fiji’s original tourists—the amazing birds that travel to our islands for a few months each year! Join us…
Find out more »September 2019
Join marine biologist and aqua-culturist Laura Williams on a discovery walk at the Nasese foreshore mudflats. At a casual glance, mudflats may seem like a lifeless stretch of coastline between dry land and the sea. But take a closer look and you will discover a complete ecosystem at work above, on and below the surface of the mud. Mudflats form a vital connection between land and sea, and are home to many marine and land-dwelling organisms that are important for…
Find out more »March 2020
Spot Fiji’s Migratory Shorebirds
Learn all about Fiji’s original tourists!
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