ABSTRACT
The Constitution of the Verata Tikina Biodiversity Trust Fund and the Trust Fund Committee, created by the Verata Tikina Council in Fiji, specifies that the objective of the fund is to promote the sustainable development of Verata Tikina and its people. Specifically, the trust fund and its committee will invest the funds to ensure long-term sources of funds for sustainable development projects; select projects in priority areas of conservation, education and training, health and micro-enterprise, providing financial and technical resources for their implementation; and provide advice to the Tikina Council on sustainable development issues.
