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Akanisi Caginitoba
Community Engagement Officer
Akanisi Caginitoba (Cagi) joined the WCS-Fiji team in 2002 working as a administration officer. Cagi finished her secondary education in 1989 and has previously worked for the Asia Pacific Ltd. Since joining WCS-Fiji, Cagi has been part of the entomology team for Fiji arthropod survey initiated by the Schlinger Foundation and recently expanded by the National Science Foundation. Cagi has also worked as a finance assistant for 3 years.
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Akuila Cakacaka
Marine Biologist
Akuila Cakacaka has been working as a marine biologist with WCS since 2008. He is a graduate from the University of the South Pacific with a Master of Science in Marine Science, Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Science and Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry. Akuila's job entails marine biological surveys and monitoring programs, results of which are analyzed and reported as recommendations for management. Akuila's skills includes fish and coral identification, data entry and analysis, and catch effort surveys. Akuila is also a member of the biological working group for the FLMMA network.
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Ged Acton
Stakeholder Engagement Officer
Ged began working with Fijian communities in 1998, supporting village plans for sustainable resource management and delivering health, sanitation and income generation projects. With a BSc Hons in Environmental Resource Science and a Postgraduate Certificate in Leading Sustainable Communities, Ged has managed development programmes, supported regional partnership working and led research projects for councils and government departments in the UK. He returned to Fiji in 2011 and is supporting community stakeholder engagement processes for effective integrated management in Bua.
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Ingrid Qauqau
GIS Officer
Ingrid Qauqau has been working with WCS-Fiji as a GIS officer since 2003. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in environmental science in 2002 from the University of the South Pacific. She specializes in general mapping, image analysis, remote sensing, spatial analysis, and habitat mapping. Ingrid is also a member of the GIS user forum of Fiji.
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Kini Koto
Field Officer
Kini Koto previously worked for Wildlife Conservation Society from 2003 to 2006 before moving to Wetlands International-Oceania from 2007 to 2011. Completed a Diploma in Ocean Resource Management and Policies in June 2009; currently undertaking a Bachelor of Science Program majoring in Biology and Marine Affairs; part of the terrestrial and freshwater water projects on designated areas for protection around the country; liaised with communities on the establishment of the Waimanu Forest Reserve (traditional protected). Specializes in identifying freshwater fishes in Fiji; co-authored in the description of a new species of fish in Fiji namely Hippicthy’s albumaculousus; data entry, community engagement and consultation.
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Margaret Fox
Field Officer
Margaret Fox joined the WCS-Fiji marine team in March 2010 as a field officer. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology and Chemistry at the University of the South Pacific in 2002. She first joined WCS-Fiji in 2003 as a research assistant studying the distribution pattern of the Merremia peltata. Since then she has worked as a dive master intern with the diving industry and as a Marine Biologist with Turtle Island Resort, where she helped set up marine protected areas. Margaret’s expertise includes coral identification, invertebrate identification, data entry, and community engagement and consultation.
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Nischal Narain
Finance Manager
Nischal Narain has been with WCS-Fiji since September 2008 as Finance Manager. He is currently doing his Masters In Business Administration with University of the South Pacific. He was previously worked with Pacific Theological College as director of finance and administration and WWF South Pacific as Finance Manager. Nischal specializes in budget preparation, financial monitoring and reporting, cash flow, and cash forecasting. He looks after the after IT and also involved in local corporate funding.
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Sirilo Dulunaqio
Community Liaison Officer
Sirilo Dulunaqio (Didi) has been working with WCS as a Community Liaison Officer since 2005 and is also employed part-time with the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL). Prior to coming to WCS, Didi trained and work as a dive instructor. He received the opportunity through CORAL to visit Belize and observe their system of user tag fees, which he has helped to implement for the Namena Marine Reserve in Kubulau. As a Kubulau native, Didi provides a critical link between WCS activities and management implementation with the communities of Kubulau and adjacent districts.
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Stacy Jupiter
Program Director
Stacy Jupiter has been working with WCS-Fiji as an Associate Conservation Scientist and now the Fiji Country Program Director since 2008. After completing a bachelors degree in biology at Harvard University, she worked as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon, teaching rural farmers how to build fishponds and develop sustainable agriculture. Her Ph.D. research through the University of California, Santa Cruz focused on linkages between land use and downstream impacts to water quality and nearshore coral reefs, topics which she continued to develop as a postdoctoral fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies in Australia. With the WCS-Fiji team, Stacy has been working on assessing the effectiveness of marine protected areas to increase the abundance and size of food fish of importance to local communities. In addition, she is trying to integrate connectivity science into development of a national system of protected areas for Fiji to preserve ecosystem services, livelihoods and human health.
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Waisea Naisilsisili
Field Officer
Waisea Naisilsisili joined WCS-Fiji in 2003 as a field collector and now works as a project officer and is part of the biological survey team. Waisea finished his secondary school education in 2000. Waisea has previously worked at the Fiji Mineral Resources as a research assistant responsible for collection for mineral samples. Waisea specializes in identifying reef fish and managing of Fijian protocol in the field.
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Yashika Nand
Field Officer
Yashika Nand is employed as a Field Officer for WCS since April 2010. She has graduated with her Post-graduate Diploma in Marine Science specializing in coral reef ecology and biology with emphasis in climate change from the University of the South Pacific in 2008. She has previously worked for the Department of Fisheries in Fiji as the lead coral researcher. Her expertise includes genus level coral identification, coral assessment and aquarium trade. She has also worked on numerous projects in collaboration with other government ministries and non-government organizations (NGOs).
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