Roughly half of the flora and a third of the fauna in Fiji are endemic, meaning that they exist nowhere else in the world. This unique biodiversity ramps up the need for protection – any sort of destruction of habitat could wipe out the entire population of a species. Although Fiji has recently put more emphasis on conservation, the expansion of plantations for commodities like mahogany and bananas are still a threat to the primary forests of the region. Once an area is disturbed or destroyed, it is unlikely to return to its full state of biodiversity for countless years, and when the genetics are lost they are gone forever. Half of Fiji is still forested, there is hope to preserve the forests for generations to come.