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Mangroves and Seagrass: Legal Reviews aimed to promote good decision making in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and PNG

Nov 28, 2025 / by James Sloan posted in Fiji mangroves, Environmental Management Act 2005, Traditional fishing rights, The Environment Management Act, Fiji Environmental law, Pacific Blue Economy, Blue Economy, Climate Change Act, Fiji blue carbon, Environmental Rule Of Law, Fiji Climate Change Act, Fiji seagrass, Blue carbon

We are pleased to share information about what we hope is a useful new publication: “Towards Resilient Blue Carbon Ecosystems: A Legislative Review for the Republic of Fiji.”

This review is a key part of a four-country (Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, PNG) study coordinated by our firm, which assesses each country's current legal and institutional frameworks governing our vital mangrove and seagrass ecosystems. We set out below why we think these reports will be helpful to everyone involved in coastal management.

You can access the full Fiji report by clicking here

You can also find all the legal reviews, and summarised factsheets from Fiji, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands by clicking here

Jul 9, 2018 / by James Sloan and Emily Samuela posted in Oceans Law, Fiji mangroves, Environmental Management Act 2005, Marine Conservation, Fiji Oceans, The Environment Management Act, Fiji's Constitution, Environmental governance, Fiji law, Nearshore Fiji fisheries, Fiji lawyers, Fiji marine pollution law, Fiji Environmental law

The major threats to our oceans are well understood, and include pollution from land based sources.

For a full list of the major threats to our oceans the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) sets them out here and also explains that:

Untreated sewage, garbage, fertilizers, pesticides, industrial chemicals, plastics ... most of the pollutants on land eventually make their way into the ocean, either deliberately dumped there or entering from water run-off and the atmosphere. Not surprisingly, this pollution is harming the entire marine food chain - all the way up to humans.

In this second legal bulletin in the Fiji Marine Pollution Law Series, we consider Fiji’s legal and regulatory framework in relation to marine pollution from land based industrial or commercial activities. For those interested in this area, it should be noted that Mr Filimone Tuivanualevu who is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Fiji, has also published a legal bulletin entitled "How does the law protect rivers in Fiji from pollution?" which can be found here.

In further planned legal bulletins in this series we will consider Fiji's laws in relation to marine pollution from household waste and the potential civil liability that polluters who cause harm may incur based on common law negligence.

Jan 10, 2018 / by James Sloan posted in Traditional fishing rights, Fiji Oceans, environmental law, The Environment Management Act, Fiji's Constitution, Environmental governance, Environmental decision making, EIA, Environmental Impact Assessments

Fiji is a common law jurisdiction and a constitutional democracy that guarantees its citizens the right to a clean and healthy environment.

Fiji's Constitution and environmental laws also guarantee the rights of those concerned by any development that may have a significant impact on the environment to participate in the decision-making process.

In this bulletin we consider how those who are concerned may exercise their rights to participate in decisions that will ultimately assist Fiji, its government and people better safeguard the environment, ocean and natural resources that are so vital for its economy and well being.

Ocean Law Bulletins

Mangroves and Seagrass: Legal Reviews aimed to promote good decision making in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and PNG

Fiji Marine Pollution Law Series - industrial pollution

Fiji’s natural resources: governance and decision-making, the importance of participating

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