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Received: 13 August 2025

Accepted: 19 June 2026

First Online: 20 June 2026

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the University Research Ethics Committee at The University of the South Pacific, Fiji, under the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change research group as part of a supervised research project (Approval Date: 29 June 2020). The research was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles and procedures outlined in the University of the South Pacific’s Human Ethics Handbook. Written informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants prior to data collection. For participants under the age of 18, written consent was also obtained from a parent.

: Written informed consent to publish anonymised data and quotes was obtained from all participants or, where applicable, from a parent for participants under the age of 18.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI) to assist with language editing, copy-editing, and refinement of the manuscript text. The generated outputs were reviewed, revised, and edited by the authors to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and academic integrity. All analyses, interpretations, findings, and conclusions presented in the manuscript were developed and verified by the authors. The authors take full responsibility for the content of the final submitted manuscript.