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The review of the SPREP Regional Marine Species Action Plans (MSAP) 2008 – 2012 was conducted from the 8 – 14 March, 2012, at the Hexagon International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji Islands. The SPREP MSAPs are a composite of individual plans for whales and dolphins, marine turtles and dugongs.

A BIORAP is a biological inventory programme undertaken in marine and/or terrestrial environments, and is designed to rapidly assess the biodiversity of highly diverse areas. Options to manage threats and protect biodiversity of national or international significance are recommended to governing communities.

The Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas Abatement through Renewable Energy Project (PIGGAREP) is a Global Environment Facility (GEF) US$5.25 million project in eleven Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Implementation of the project started on 1 January 2008. PIGGAREP’s planned five year duration has been extended to six and a half years, with a scheduled end date now of December 2013.

Fiji lies between 177° E and 178° W Longitude and 12° to 22° S Latitude with a land area of 18,333 km2. It covers about 1.3 million square kilometers of the South Pacific Ocean. It includes 320 islands of which about a third are inhabited. The majority of the land is on continental-like volcanic islands that rise to well over 1,000 metres in elevation. Over 87% of the land is concentrated in the islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu.