SUVA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Fiji opened on Tuesday its first biodiversity park in Kalokolevu village, about 27 km west of the capital Suva.
According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) on Tuesday, Fiji's Environment Minister Mahendra Reddy said this was in line with the ministry's effort to establish 50 biodiversity parks around the island nation this year.
The Kalokolevu biodiversity park, which includes native trees, a play park for kids and extra-curricular infrastructures for the villagers, will attract communities and motivate them to set up similar parks in their villages.
"We are facing climate change threats, extreme weather and natural events and all of these dimensions of climate change take a toll on our biodiversity stock," he said.
The Kalokolevu biodiversity park covers four acres of land, with a combination of gravel and natural walkway tracks for visitors who want to enjoy a nature walk, leading through a gentle incline to an area with a panoramic view of the Suva harbor. Enditem