Due to rising water levels in Fiji, increased coastal erosion occurs and the effects and risks of flooding cause greater efforts in building dams and evacuating villagers coastal villages towards new homes. The relationship between ocean level rise and coastal erosion in Fiji has not been confirmed due to insufficient data on Fiji's long-term ocean levels. However, according to research conducted by the NSW Library of Parliament, there has been a general trend that rising sea levels tend to lead to increased rates of erosion and ultimately coastal retreat. (Smith) Since the 1960s, coastal villages in Fiji have increased the number of seawalls to protect their homes from increasing rates of shoreline retreat or coastal erosion. As shown in Figure 1, from before 1960 to 1980, the total number of dams built by the twenty-nine villages studied by Nubuo Mimura and Patrick D. Nunn increased 7-fold. As time passes, Fiji is experiencing stronger impacts from increasing rates of coastal erosion. Additionally, due to the receding shoreline, there have been cases of homes in villages such as Nukui on the island of Viti Levu, Fiji's main island, being relocated due to the shoreline. retreat. In Nukui, sea encroachment is a serious problem: the village is located less than 0.5 m above sea level and is generally surrounded by the sea and mangrove swamps as it is located at the mouth of the Rewa Delta. The villagers have limited agricultural and living spaces and have nowhere else to go. To have a place to stay, Nukui villagers were forced to move their homes away from the coasts. Flood risks and damage are expected to increase with overall rise in ocean levels. With higher ocean levels, the ocean...... middle of paper ......h Pacific levels are more likely to change than sea levels. For example, Nobuo analyzed Tongapu Island in Tonga, which has elevations similar to those of Fiji. Togatapu Island was inundated by a 2.8 meter storm surge during Cyclone Isaac in 1982. Nobuo predicted that if a similar event were to occur on Togatapu Island with a 0.3 meter rise in ocean levels, other 3,000 people would be at risk; another increase of 1 meter, another 9,000 people. In conclusion, it is not possible to conduct an accurate analysis on the effects of rising ocean levels on Fiji due to insufficient data. This conclusion was reached by researchers such as Nobuo Mimura. However, by providing examples with similar conditions to Fiji, it is possible to predict possible future effects of rising water levels on Fiji: increased coastal erosion and increased damage and flood risks..