Links & Further Reading

Collaborators

Botanic Gardens Conservation International
NatureFiji-MareqetiViti
University of the South Pacific Regional Herbarium
Pacific Reforestation (Fiji) Ltd

Image Contributors

David Bush – Savurua waterfalls and sago palms
Kim and Forest Starr – Hibiscus aff Fiji White flower
Talei Goater – Fungi and Tree fern
Andrew Sutherland – Black-faced Shrikethrush
Alivereti Naikatini – Hibiscus storckii flower
Noelia Alvarez / Kew Gardens – Hibiscus cooperi flower
David Eickhoff – Hibiscus Hannerae
Gildas Gateble – Hibiscus Cooperi
Chigira Osamu – ‘Fiji White’, new species in Okinawa, Japan
Box Pauliasi – Arioka, Sanaila and Amato with the new Hibiscus

Flora

For a checklist of Fiji’s ferns, click here.
Keppel, G and Ghazanfar S.A., 2011. Trees of Fiji – a guide to 100 rainforest trees. Third, revised edition. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji.
Moorhead A (ed.) 2011. Forests of the Pacific Islands: foundation for a sustainable future. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji.
Smith, A.C. (1979-1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova – A new flora of Fiji in five volumes: 1 (1979), 2 (1981), 3 (1985), 4 (1988) and 5 (1991). Published by National Tropical Botanical Gardens, Hawaii, USA.
Watling, R.J. (with George Bennett) (2005). Palms of the Fiji Islands. Environmental Consultants: Suva, Fiji.

Ethnobotany

Cambie, R.C. and Ash, J. (1994). Fijian Medicinal Plants. CSIRO, Australia.
Institute of Fijian Language and Culture (1998). Wai VakaViti (Traditional Medicines). Institute of Fijian Language and Culture, Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage, August 1998; Suva, Fiji.
Institute of Fijian Language and Culture (2007). Na iVola Vosa VakaViti (The Fijian Monolingual Dictionary). Government Printing, Fiji.
Kurusiga B. (undated). Cakacaka ni Liga (Traditional Handicrafts). Institute of Fijian Language and Culture, Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Suva, Fiji.
Thaman R.R., Wilson L., Tuiwawa M., Vodonaivalu S., and Tuisese S. (1999). SPRIG RRA. Trees, forest genetic resources and arboreal diversity in Fiji: current status and prospects for conservation and sustainable use – A view from the village. South Pacific Regional Initiative on Forest Genetic Resources, CSIRO, Australia.
Weiner, M.A. (1983). Secrets of Fijian Medicine. University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Whistler, W.A. (1992). Polynesian Herbal Medicine. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii, USA.
World Health Organization 1998. Medicinal Plants in the South Pacific. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No 19. WHO, Manilla, Philippines.

Soga

Nature Fiji Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soga Project.
Flatch, M 1997. Sago palm. Metroxylon sagu Rottb. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 13. Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben/International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.
McClatchey W, Manner HI, Elevitch CR 2005. Metroxylon amicarum, M. paulcoxii, M. sagu, M. salomonense, M. vitiense, and M. warburgii (sago palm). In: Elevitch CR (ed.) Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry. Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawaii.
Morrison C 2012. Conservation and management of the endangered Fiji sago palm, Metroxylon vitiense, in Fiji. A species recovery plan.
Smith, AC 1979. Flora Vitiensis Nova – a new Flora of Fiji. Volume 1. Metroxylon p 402-405. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.

Fauna

Birdlife International, 2006. Important bird areas in Fiji: conserving Fiji’s natural heritage. Birdlife International Pacific Partnership Secretariat, Suva, Fiji.
Watling, Dick, 2004. Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia: including American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Wallis-Futuna. Environmental Consultants, Suva, Fiji.

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