"Conservationist calls on Fiji govt to preserve rare mangrove" 13 February 2023

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The Chinese developers, Tian Lun Investment Ltd, plan to build on an area around a mangrove reserve at Leveti Creek in Nasese.

The proposed build, to be called Fiji's Tain Lun, is described as an 'Integrated Hotel' with an estimated price tag of $US300 million.

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The land set aside for the build is currently under a five-year lease which will end in October this year with the provision for a 99-year lease afterwards.

Rev James Bhagwan [...] said [...] "[w]e're concerned, one about the biodiversity, two about livelihoods of people who forage the area.

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He said community consultation on the proposed development had been postponed multiple times and had not yet happened. He also said an environment assessment had not been completed.

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