This theme asks how we can deepen our relationship with the natural world — not as something we own or manage, but as something we belong to. It reminds us that caring for land, water, and living beings is inseparable from caring for ourselves and each other.
Land / Vanua: For Fijians, Vanua is more than land; it is identity, ancestry, and obligation. Protecting native land means protecting the social and spiritual fabric that holds communities together. Future planning must safeguard both ecological health and cultural connection.
Animal Welfare & Totems: Every village once recognised animals as kin — some as protectors, others as teachers. Renewing respect for these bonds can strengthen empathy and stewardship. Modern animal-welfare practices, joined with traditional totem systems, remind us that compassion for animals and compassion for humans grow from the same root.
Planetary / One Health: Human health, animal health, and environmental health form one system. Pollution, climate stress, and biodiversity loss do not stop at borders. Fiji’s choices — from sustainable farming to reef protection — ripple outward through the Pacific and the planet.
Kinship as Ethic: To act with kinship is to see no divide between people and place. It means re-imagining development not as extraction but as reciprocity: giving back at least as much as we take. In this way, the flourishing of Fiji becomes part of the flourishing of Earth itself.