Fifteen mono-specific stands of Soga are known with a
combined original area of approximately 450 ha. Of these,
only one (Nukusere, 15 ha) is likely to be safe at the
present time (Table 1). Another, Culanuku (20 ha) has
been restored by the local community and NGO volunteers
and with continued community support will likely survive.
The others have varying chances of survival, but all will
need a range of management interventions from cessation of harvesting to intensive weed removal and drainage
reversal. Another approximately 450 ha of Soga is mixed
with native forest and mahogany plantation on the banks of
the Navua River in the vicinity of Upper Navua gorge.
These populations are likely to retain some Soga in the
long term, although the Namaratu site will be severely
damaged when the mahogany plantation which has overplanted
it, is harvested. The other two sites are partly
within the Upper Navua Conservation Area (Fiji’s first and
sole Ramsar site). This population is receiving active
conservation attention from Rivers Fiji Ltd., a rafting
tourism company operating in the Navua Gorge.