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Conservation, Systematic and Cultural Connections of Fiji's Endemic Placostylus Land Snails
Grantee Name: 
University Of The South Pacific
HOTSPOT
Polynesia-Micronesia
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$12,900
DATES
Dec 2011
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Dec 2012
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Polynesia-Micronesia
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$12,900
DATES
Dec 2011
-
Dec 2012

Placostylus land snails are found only in the western Pacific. Their declining habitat and poor dispersal ability have resulted in several members of the genus being recorded as threatened or extinct. Fiji has 14 endemic species of Placostylus, eight of which are recorded from a single small island. This study will investigate these endemic species ecologically and genetically to assist in their conservation.

Strategic Direction: 2 Strengthen the conservation status and management of 60 key biodiversity areas