Vol 3 Land Resource Inventory Report - Department of Environment ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................2
ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................................3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................4
DEFINITIONS: CHAPTER 3 ............................................................................................7
CHAPTER 3: LAND RESOURCES INVENTORY OF THE FIJI ISLANDS ..................9
3.0 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................9
3.1 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ..........................................................................................9
3.2 SOILS OF FIJI .............................................................................................................13
3.3 FORESTS OF FIJI .......................................................................................................13
3.4 NATIVE FORESTS.....................................................................................................13
3.4.1 WOODED LANDS ..................................................................................................14
3.4.2 NATURAL FORESTS .............................................................................................15
3.5 LOGGED FORESTS ...................................................................................................16
3.6 REHABILITATED AREAS ........................................................................................16
3.7 PROTECTION FORESTS...........................................................................................17
3.7.1 CONSERVATION AREAS .....................................................................................18
3.7.2 MANGROVES .........................................................................................................18
3.8 PLANTATION FORESTS ..........................................................................................18
3.9 TERRESTRIAL FLORA AND FAUNA ....................................................................19
3.9.1 BIRDS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS ..............................................................................20
3.9.2 LAND MAMMALS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS .........................................................21
3.9.3 TERRESTRIAL SNAILS AND SLUGS OF FIJI ....................................................23
3.9.4 LAND SNAILS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS ................................................................25
3.10 A CHECKLIST OF THE INSECTS OF FIJI ............................................................36
3.11 VASCULAR PLANTS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS ....................................................264
3.11.1 CHECKLIST OF FLORA IN FIJI ........................................................................265
3.12 RAPID BIODIVERSITY SURVEY OF MAKOGADRA ISLAND, LOMAIVITI
PROVINCE, FIJI ISLANDS ...........................................................................................387
3.12.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................388
3.12.2 METHODS ...........................................................................................................389
3.12.3 RESULTS .............................................................................................................389
3.13 INTRODUCED SPECIES .......................................................................................403
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