Kula Eco Park

Kula Eco Park is located on Fiji's Coral Coast, approximately 5 kilometer's south of the town of Sigatoka. Established as a bird park in the late 1980's, the park was taken over by "Kula Eco Park Management" in January 1997. Privately owned and run, its focus is the preservation of Fiji's indigenous flora and fauna, including reptiles, bird life, amphibians, tropical fish, the Fiji Flying Fox (Fiji's only native mammal), insects, butterflies and a wide range of trees and shrubs. With extensive and well maintained walkways through the local bush, and a wide range of attractions, the park is a popular tourist attraction.

In 1998, (in cooperation with the "International Conservation Fund for the Fijian Crested Iguana" and the "Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales", Australia) the park established a captive breeding programme for the critically endangered Fiji Crested Iguana and seven juveniles were successfully raised. [cite web|url=http://www.icffci.com/page9.htm|title=Conservation of the Fijian Crested Iguana|publisher=International Conservation Fund for the Fijian Crested Iguana|accessdate=2008-06-07]

In 2007, (in cooperation with the "Biological Sciences Division" at the "University of the South Pacific") the park commenced a captive breeding programme for the endangered Fiji Ground Frog. [cite web|url=http://www.melanesiangeo.org/magazines/MG05_p12-15_Kula%20Eco%20Park.pdf|title=Kula Eco Park, Not Just a Bird Park, Fiji|author=Tamara Osborne & Ramesh Chand|publisher=Melanesian Geo Magazine - Issue 5 (May - September 2007)|accessdate=2008-06-07]

The park is a member of ARAZPA (the "Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria").

ources and external links

* [http://www.fijiwild.com/pages/home.htm Website - Kula Eco Park]