Ms Lisa Tokanga Fe"ofa"aki Fanua of Vava"u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) from Tonga was the winner of the first Pacific Invasive Species Battler of the Year Award announced in December last year, making her the very first Battler of the Year.Click on the link below to read the full
Research to further help unlock the secrets of the Oceania Humpback Whale in Niue will take place with support from the government of New Zealand. This will help further assist in the protection and conservation of humpback whales in the Pacific.
What do whale excrement and climate change have in common? More than you may think, according to a special report on Climate Change and Whales that was presented before the Whales in a Changing Ocean Conference in Tonga.
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Tonga's Ministry of Fisheries says the country's coastal fish population has declined by up to 50 percent over the past decade and remedial action is needed.
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This report presents the results and recommendations of a Biological Rapid Assessment Programme (BIORAP) carried out in the marine and terrestrial environments of the Vava’u Archipelago, Tonga, from 13 to 28 February 2014. Vava’u lies within the Polynesia−Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot defined by Conservation International, which includes areas with significant biodiversity that are also highly threatened.
Ninety-six new species of coral in Vava'u in the Kingdom of Tonga were newly recorded during a Rapid Biodiversity Assessment.