“Japan has provided transparency and allowed for active engagement in the assessment of this situation and the solutions it has developed,” Mr Rabuka said. .
Fiji tourism hit with climate change and the coronavirus pandemic
19 Dec 2020 Divers swim through the coral on Fiji s Coral Coast.
Fiji dive operator Ashwin Pal was living his dream until the global pandemic hit, guiding tourists around an underwater wonderland of dazzling Pacific coral reefs.
Now the 35-year-old hunts the neon-hued fish he once proudly showed off to international visitors, forced to kill the creatures he loves to feed his wife and four children.
And the coronavirus-induced shutdown of Fiji s tourism industry is not the only crisis facing Pal s Coral Coast paradise, with climate change posing a longer-term threat to the region s marine environment.