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Mangrove Development in Fiji from 1991 to 2007 Vilisi Tokalauvere SPC-SOPAC

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Data Sources Landsat Image 1991 FOCO 1991/2001 Landsat Image 2001 ALOS 2007 Visual Interpretation

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Description Database

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. MapInfo to ERDAS Forest, Mangrove polygons exported (DXF) to ERDAS. Add Projection. Convert to raster. Recode polygon values. Add to forest cover layer. Now all handled by ArcGIS (spatial analyst)

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Overlay Analysis 1:50,000

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Reducing to Mappable Area Size Clump Eliminate Cluster No. 2384 1.2 ha All clusters < 1 hectare are joined with the next biggest neighbour class

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. 1Hectare Accumulation

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Output from Access Database IDHectareLegend R22----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Stable Natural Forest 222,739Mangrove in 1991 and mangrove in 2001 1149,791Natural forest in 1991 and natural forest in 2001 SUM52,530 2 Reforestation Natural Forest 7112Water body in 1991 and natural forest in 2001 612Non forest in 1991 and natural forest in 2001 72364Water body in 1991 and mangrove in 2001 SUM378 3 Deforestation Natural Forest 25166Mangrove in 1991 and coconut cover in 2001 15212Natural forest in 1991 and coconut cover in 2001 16231Natural forest in 1991 and non forest in 2001

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Deforestation of Mangroves

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities.

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Reforestation of Mangroves

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Results YEARVITI LEVU (ha) VANUA LEVU (ha) OUTER ISLANDS (ha) 199124, 230215, 570760 200124, 60018, 250750 200724, 60019, 760710

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Vanua Levu Map_ID199120012007SUM O231,8601,9391,93677 O242,4152,4042,410-5 P22412411 P232,9962,8592,854-142 P243,0462,901 -145 Q223,4083,4343,43225 Q23490477 -13 Q24241191 -50 R222,8601,1252,638-222 R232,7571,5761,579-1,178 R24680590 -90 S21230217 -13 S228193 11 S239134 -58 S240000 SUM21,56718,25019,764-1,804

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Rhyzophora Bruguiera Coconut

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Apply geo-science and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific communities. Thanks