The government has already relocated 3 villages to higher ground, and has identified another 42 villages that will submerge under the sea if they do not relocate them to higher ground.
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum made this comment in the 2017/2018 National Budget Roadshow while explaining that the government has to publish the expenditure such as relocating villages and the amount of money collected through Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy.
Sayed-Khaiyum says waste management is an attitudinal issue.
He says he has seen people travelling in cars and buses on the highway throwing rubbish out of the window.
Sayed-Khaiyum says the Fiji Roads Authority is doing a good job by cutting the grass along the highway, but every time the grass is cut it reveals all the rubbish.
He says it does not take much effort to just keep the wrappers in their pockets and throw it in a rubbish bin.
The Acting Prime Minister says last year the government collected about $70 million from the Environmental Levy, and it is expected to go up to $85 to $90 million this year.
Sayed-Khaiyum says the government will publish what they collect from the levy for transparency so people know exactly where the money is going.
