Search the SPREP Catalogue

On low lying coral islands, potable water is commonly sourced from shallow, fresh groundwater lenses. Although rainwater is also collected in tanks in the wet periods, dependence on the lense for all water needs becomes critical in dry periods. Protecting the groundwater from pollution is a major concern. In the management of reticulated supplies private land is sometimes converted to a public reserve to restrict access and use in an attempt to ensure that groundwater is protected from surface contaminants. Usually this is achieved by a lease agreement between landholders and the government utility and this arrangement can be politically, socially and economically contentious. However in the village context where private wells are still used by landholders, control of pollution sources is more practically complex, while still raising many sociocultural considerations. This paper describes

This guide presents a framework that identifies nine essential elements that field practitioners have found useful to consider in their work. Think of these elements as "stepping stones" along a path. The path begins with a natural resouijce or conservation problem or issue you have identified and takes steps toward a socially and ecologically sustainable solution to the problem.

Pacific green furniture made from coconut timber, Viti Levu, Fiji, May 1999

CASO Workshop field trip, Viti Levu, Fiji, Sands National Park, May 1999

Greg Sherley, Sands, National Park Viti Levu, Fiji May 1999

CASO workshop members on sand dunes, National Park Viti Levu, Fiji, May 1999

Weed encroahment on sand dunes, National Park, Viti Levu, Fiji May 1999

CASO Workshop members , Sands National Park, Fiji. Interpretation centre

Hawkes Bill Turtle, Kula Bird Park, Fiji, May 1999

Kula Bird Park, Fiji, May 1999