The Global Reef Expedition Final Report of reefs in Lau Province, Fiji is the result of extensive scientific surveys conducted by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Ocean Foundation and local partners in June and July of 2013.
This scientific report contains assessments of the health of coral reefs, surveys of the coral and fish communities, and detailed maps of shallow water marine habitats in Fiji. All of the data and products developed from this research, including high resolution marine habitat maps, was shared with government officials in Lau Province and conservation organizations working to protect Fiji’s reefs. The research summarized in this report is part of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation's Global Reef Expedition, a large-scale scientific research mission which nearly circumnavigated the globe studying the health and resiliency of some of the most remote coral reefs on Earth.