The tourism sector has been a key driver of socioeconomic progress in Fiji Islands since the 1980s, in comparison with other industries such as agriculture, fisheries, and forestry. Fiji currently plans to further expand its tourism industry into a 2 billion FJD sector, which places great pressure on the coastal environment and resources that attract more than 500,000 tourists per year. Unplanned tourism development has adverse impacts on the environment and dependent communities, which is often attributed to weak governance and poorly enforced regulations. In Fiji, the industry has been recognized as responsible for mangrove clearance and coastal degradation, both of which aggravate problems such as coastline erosion, vulnerability to natural disasters, fish stock declines, poor water quality, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Though the country has national legislations in place, as well as regional and international collaborations to manage its ocean resources, it lacks the capacity and resources to implement environment policy, planning, and regulation. There is a need to strengthen governance and community capacity to address problems of effective enforcement of legislation and ensure the conservation, management, and sustainable utilization of marine and coastal resources.

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斐济群岛的海岸资源管理和旅游业发展：保护挑战

与农业、渔业和林业等其他行业相比，自 1980 年代以来，旅游业一直是斐济群岛社会经济进步的主要推动力。斐济目前计划将旅游业进一步扩大到20亿斐济元，这对每年吸引超过50万游客的沿海环境和资源造成了巨大压力。无计划的旅游开发对环境和依赖社区产生不利影响，这通常归因于治理薄弱和法规执行不力。在斐济，该行业被认为是造成红树林砍伐和海岸退化的罪魁祸首，这两者都会加剧海岸线侵蚀、易受自然灾害、鱼类种群减少、水质差、污染和生物多样性丧失等问题。尽管该国制定了国家立法以及管理海洋资源的区域和国际合作，但它缺乏实施环境政策、规划和监管的能力和资源。需要加强治理和社区能力，以解决有效执法问题并确保海洋和沿海资源的养护、管理和可持续利用。