News and Endangered Species Updateshttp://www.naturefiji.orgNatureFiji-MareqetiViti 2008en-us Rentokil+Pest+Control+Fiji+becomes+our+eighth+corporate+member+overall%2C+and+our+first+for+this+year. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=154 Two+Fiji+Sago+palm+restoration+sites+have+been+selected+as+part+of+NFMV%27s+++Sago+palm+project+for+2012. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=153 The+NFMV+team+enters+2012+with+anticipation+as+several+new+projects+begin+implementation+whilst+others+draw+to+an+end+over+the+year. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=152 All+the+staff+and+the+director+of+NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+threshed+out+the+work+plan+for+2012+in+the+lush+green+surrounds+of+the+Raintree+Lodge. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=151 Fiji+Petrel+Officer%2C+Eleazar+O%27Connor%2C+spent+several+weeks+in+Australia+training+with+petrel+expert%2C+Nick+Carlyle. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=150 Fiji+Petrel+Officer%2C+Eleazar+O%27Connor%2C+spent+several+weeks+in+Australia+training+with+petrel+expert%2C+Nick+Carlyle. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=150 Fiji+Petrel+Officer%2C+Eleazar+O%27Connor%2C+spent+several+weeks+in+Australia+training+with+petrel+expert%2C+Nick+Carlyle. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=150 Limited+first+stock+of+the+second+edition+of+Mai+Veikau%3A+Tales+of+Fijian+Wildlife+have+been+published+by+NFMV+with+Arcadia+funding. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=150 The+Peach+palms+planted+this+time+last+year+are+growing+well+on+the+Sigatoka+Valley+farmland%2C+under+the+care+of+Rudra+Nand. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=148 Excitement+builds+in+Fiji+Petrel+Project+as+a+second+petrel+is+captured+and+released+from+Gau+Island+in+less+than+a+month. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=147 NFMV%27s+last+visit+to+the+Garrick+Reserve+for+2011+took+place+on+the+3rd+of+December.++Sixteen+members+and+friends+accompanied+our+staff. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=146 NFMV+attended+the+handover+of+more+than+%2475%2C000FJD+worth+of+equipment+to+15+Civil+Society+++Organisations+by+the+AusAID+CSO+Programme%2C+on+the+29th+of+November. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=145 On+the+night+of+the+29th+of+October+2011%2C+a+Fiji+petrel+landed+at+Nawaikama+village+on+Gau+Island.+NFMV+Field+Manager+Eleazar+O%92Connor+was+quickly+at+hand+to+check+the+birds+health%2C+undertake+all+mearsurements+and+photography+and+band+it+before+it+was+successfully+released. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=144 MareqetiViti+was+invited+to+showcase+their+organisational+profile+to+prospective+employees+at+the+FSTE+Careers+Evening%2C+held+at+the+USP+Gymnasium. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=143 A+team+from+NFMV+was+recently+on+Yaqaga+Island%2C+Bua%2C+working+with+the+local+community+to+survey+the+endemic+iguana+population+and+to+initiate+a+cat+trapping+programme. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=142 NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+recently+held+a+one+day+mid-year+review+of+all+our+project+work+plans+and+organisational+progress+at+our+office. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=141 NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+recently+organized+their+4th+Annual+General+Meeting%2C+where+a+total+of+46+members+and+friends+attended+the+meet. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=140 NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+recently+organized+their+4th+Annual+General+Meeting%2C+where+a+total+of+46+members+and+friends+attended+the+meet. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=140 NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+recently+organized+their+4th+Annual+General+Meeting%2C+where+a+total+of+46+members+and+friends+attended+the+meet. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=140 BAF+and+NFMV+intensify+their+efforts+to+control+the+spread+of+the+invasive+American+iguana+within+the+quarantined+area. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=140 Rivers+Fiji+becomes+NatureFiji-MareqetiViti%92s+first+Corporate+GOLD+member+for+2011. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=139 Conservation+officer%2C+Kolinio+Moce+presented+at+the+Department+of+Forestry%27s+%22Sustainable+Forestry+Management+%28SFM%29%22+last+week%2C+in+Suweni+Village%2C+Cakaudrove+Province%2C+Vanua+Levu. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=137 On+the+invitation+of+Birdlife+International-Pacific+Secretariat%2C+NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+participated+in+++a+seabird+survey+amongst+the+islands+of+Moala%2C+Totoya+and+Matuku. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=136 As+part+of+ongoing+Sago+palm+conservation+efforts%2C+we+have+produced+an+informational+greeting+++card%2C+which+highlights+the+importance+of+the+Fiji+sago+palm+stand+within+the+Upper+Navua+++Conservation+Area+%28UNCA%29+to+tourists+visting+the+site+for+white+water+rafting+activities. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=135 Kolinio+Moce+recently+assisted+the+Culanuku+landowners+in+the+weeding+and+planting+of+Sago+palm+seedlings. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=134 NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+was+fortunate+to+participate+in+the++four-day+Agriculture+Show+and+our+volunteers+at+our+stall+met+with+several+notable+individuals. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=133 Our+stall+at+the+2011+Agricultural+Show+attracted+much+interest+in+the+media+this+year%2C+due+to+the+++hard+work+of+our+volunteers. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=132 NatureFiji-MareqetiViti+was+fortunate+to+participate+in+the++four-day+Agriculture+Show+and+our+volunteers+at+our+stall+met+with+several+notable+individuals. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=132 Senior+Conservation+Officer%2C+Mr.+Kolinio+Moce%2C+recently+joined+the+people+of+Culanuku+in+planting+about+70+large+saplings+%28shoots%29+of+Sago+palms+on+a+half+acre+cleared+plot+of+land+within+the+area. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=132 Our+senior+Conservation+Officer%2C+Mr.+Kolinio+Moce%2C+has+been+working+with+the+Culanuku+villagers+over+the+last+three+years%3B+assisting+in+the+restoration+efforts+by+providing+sound+technical+advice+and+seedlings+for+their+replanting.++Just+recently%2C+Mr.+Moce+joined+the+people+of+Culanuku+in+planting+about+70+large+saplings+%28shoots%29+of+Sago+palms+on+a+half+acre+cleared+plot+of+land+within+the+area. http://www.naturefiji.org/newsstory.php?id=132