Senior Finfish Biologist at the Vanuatu Fisheries Department, Ada Sokach said the coral farm at Worasiviu village on Pele island, North of Efate looks healthy and seems to have great growth potential for the coral species that was planted.
In 2018 the Council of the ICCA Consortium decided to develop a lexicon of meaningful, and at times complex, concepts and terms frequently used in its work, policies and relations with its Members and Partners. A few specific papers had been commissioned and prepared before, but no attempt had been made to collate working definitions of frequent use, while many felt a need for such a reference compendium. This document is the result of the Council’s decision. It is a rich beginning, expected to evolve and be further integrated and enriched in the years to come.
A Memorandum of agreement signed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – Pacific this week will support two major environmental projects for the province of Macuata. Click on the link below to read the full article.
On February 6-9, 2018, the CBD Secretariat organised in Montreal (Canada) a technical expert workshop on "other effective area-based conservation measures" (OECMs) for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11. Click on the link below to read the full story.