";s:4:"text";s:2397:" The team was monitoring the degradation of the river basin in the area when the new plant was discovered. 1789 – Journey of Captain Bligh through Fiji group after mutiny on Bounty 1791 – Rotuma discovered by Capt. In 1997, the name was changed once again to the name we all know today, Republic of the Fiji Islands. IUCN’s WANI works with local communities to help them better manage water resources on Kadavu island. James Cook in 1774. Posted in r/Oceania by u/sandollars • 11 points and 3 comments IUCN’s WANI works with local communities to help them better manage water resources on Kadavu island. This brought about a democratic setup. The original inhabitants are now called “Lapita people” after a distinctive type of fine pottery they produced, remnants of which have been found in practically all the islands of the Pacific east of New Guinea, though not in eastern Polynesia. Edwards. Linguistic evidence suggests that The team was monitoring the degradation of the river basin in the area when the new plant was discovered. One of them is the Tagimoucia flower, Medinilla waterhousei, the floral emblem of Fiji.
Brief Fiji history timeline from 1643… 1643 – Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to visit the Fiji islands. Fiji was first settled about three and a half thousand years ago. In 1878 negotiations were made with the Indian colonial government for labourers to come to Fiji on five-year contracts, after which time the labourers, or girmitiyas, were free to return to India, though free passage for the return trip was only available under certain conditions. Of the 193 species, 11 can only be found in Fiji. One of them is the Tagimoucia flower, Medinilla waterhousei, the floral emblem of Fiji. The Fiji Islands were first visited by Abel Tasman (a Dutch explorer) in 1643, and were later visited by British explorer Capt. They began arriving in Fiji at a rate of about 2000 per year. Posted in r/Fijian by u/sandollars • 9 points and 1 comment