The UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, 1974-1976

Background to this project (37 kb in PDF).

This project's reports contain a wealth of information on approaches to, and the assessment of relationships between, people and environment in small islands. This information can assist islanders, as well as other researchers and practitioners, to better understand historical and contemporary environmental change in small islands. With thanks to JC Gaillard who devoted considerable time to preparing PDF scans of the original reports. Also with particular thanks to the project team members who kindly supported the development of this website and spent considerable effort compiling the Background document, listed above--and, of course, thanks to them for completing and publishing the inspiring work in the first place.

The documents from this project are:

• Island Reports.


• General Reports.


• Project Working Papers.


• Other Publications.


• Material Not Online Here (due to copyright).

Waterfall on Viti Levu, Fiji.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2005.)

• Island Reports No. 1:
  McLean, R., T.P. Bayliss-Smith, M. Brookfield, and J. Campbell. 1977. The Hurricane Hazard: Natural Disaster and Small Populations. H.C. Brookfield (ed.), The UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Project 7: Ecology and Rational Use of Island Ecosystems. Development Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia for UNESCO, Paris, France, full text (7,828 kb in PDF).

• Island Reports No. 2:
  Bayliss-Smith, T.P. 1977. Koro in the 1970s: prosperity through diversity? H.C. Brookfield (ed.), The UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Project 7: Ecology and Rational Use of Island Ecosystems. Development Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia for UNESCO, Paris, France, full text (3,941 kb in PDF).

• Island Reports No. 3:
  Brookfield, H.C., B. Denis, R.D. Bedford, P.S. Nankivell, and J.B. Hardaker. 1978. Taveuni: Land, Population and Production. Island Reports No. 3, H.C. Brookfield (ed.), The UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Project 7: Ecology and Rational Use of Island Ecosystems. Development Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia for UNESCO, Paris, France, full text (14,366 kb in PDF).

• Island Reports No. 4:
  Bedford, R.D., R.F. McLean, J. Macpherson, T.P. Bayliss-Smith, and B. Salvat with M. Ricard, G. Richard, R. Galzin, and J. Toffart. 1978. The Small Islands and the Reefs. Island Reports No. 4, H.C. Brookfield (ed.), The UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Project 7: Ecology and Rational Use of Island Ecosystems. Development Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia for UNESCO, Paris, France, full text (6,065 kb in PDF).

• Island Reports No. 5:
  Brookfield, H.C., M. Latham, M. Brookfield, B. Salvat, R.F. McLean, R.D. Bedford, P.J. Hughes, and G.S. Hope. 1977. Lakeba: Environmental Change, Population Dynamics and Resource Use. H.C. Brookfield (ed.), The UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Project 7: Ecology and Rational Use of Island Ecosystems. Development Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia for UNESCO, Paris, France, full text (11,151 kb in PDF).

• General Report No. 1:
  Population, Resources and Development in the Eastern Islands of Fiji: Information for Decision-Making. 1977 (March). H.C. Brookfield (ed.), The UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Project 7: Ecology and Rational Use of Island Ecosystems. Development Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia for UNESCO, Paris, France, full text (22,272 kb in PDF).

• General Report No. 2:
  MAB Technical Notes 13. 1980. Population-environment relations in tropical islands: The Case of Eastern Fiji, UNESCO, Paris, France. full text (12,129 kb in PDF).

• Rapport général no 3 / General Report No. 3:
  Latham, M. and H.C. Brookfield. 1983. Îles Fidji Orientales / The Eastern Islands of Fiji: Étude du milieu naturel, de son utilisation et de son Évolution sous l'influence humaine / A study of the natural environment, its use and man's influence on its evolution. Travaux et documents de l'ORSTOM, Man and the Biosphere Programme, ORSTOM, UNESCO, and UNFPA, Paris, France, full text (22,481 kb in PDF).

• Project Working Papers Nos. 1 and 2:
  Denis, B. 1976 (July). The Soils of Lakeba and Taveuni: Preliminary Report. Development Studies Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Salvat, B., with M. Richard, G. Richard, R. Galzin, and J.L. TOffart. 1976. The Ecology of the Reef-Lagoon Complex of Some Islands in the Lau Group: Preliminary Report. Development Studies Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. full text (2,643 kb in PDF)

• Project Working Papers No. 3:
  Bedford, R. 1976 (July). Kabara in the 1970s: Dimensions of Dependence in a Contemporary Lauan Society. Development Studies Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, full text (4,494 kb in PDF)

• Project Working Papers Nos. 4, 5 and 6:
  Haynes, P.H., H.C. Brookfield, and J.B. Hardaker. 1976 (July). Papers on Crops, Farmers and Marketing. 4. P. Haynes, Some Aspects of Agriculture in Taveuni and Lakeha, 5. H. Brookfield, The Taveuni Farmers, 6. B. Hardaker, Economic Aspects of Agriculture and Marketing in Taveuni, Appendices, 1. Data on the main smallholder crops (Hardaker), 2. Notes on estate copra production (Brookfield), 3. Some technical considerations on rehabilitation of coconuts (Haynes), 4. Further notes on crop density and diversity (Bayliss-Smith). Development Studies Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, full text (5,576 kb in PDF)

• Project Working Papers No. 7:
  Bayliss-Smith, T. 1976 (August). Koro in the 1970's: Prosperity Through Diversity. Development Studies Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, full text (3,272 kb in PDF)

• Lewis, J. 1978/1979. Untitled review of Rapport général no 1 / General Report #1 and Island Reports No. 1 written for Mass Emergencies but unpublished due to Elsevier's sudden 1979 closure of that journal, full text (224 kb in PDF).

Fiji's capital Suva (on Viti Levu) from the air.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2004.)