Before and After

            The South Pacific islands of Fiji used to be covered in tropical moist and dry forests (Gawler). The forests’ relative isolation, large size and complex topography and unusual biogeographic history are the reasons why so much of the biodiversity on Fiji is endemic (Gawler). At one point in time, about one third of the land area of Fiji was covered with tropical dry forest. These forests which use to cover a little over 7500 sq. km., now only cover less than 100 sq. km. These forests can easily be categorized as being one of the most endangered habitats in the Pacific. Around 18,000 years ago, the tropical dry forests were at their peak. That is when the covered the most land, and since then these forests have continuously decreased in size (Gibbons & Clunie 1986; Southern 1986).

 NOW 

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