by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Ocean Conservation, Turtle Conservation
Marine turtles play a major role in the local village community as a totem and provide an environmental marketing tool with which resorts attract tourists. However, they are being over exploited for traditional use in the Mamanuca Group and the Fiji Islands in...
by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
MES hosted Ivan Hoe students in Namamanuca Primary School, Yanuya village on the 1-2 October 2014. The group traveled from Sydney with the aim of learning more on the Importance of Reef system in Fiji and chose Mamanuca region as their study site after there first...
by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Ocean Conservation
Water quality is one of the essential constituents to a thriving healthy reef. It also affects human health either directly or indirectly. MES conducts sea sampling around member resort properties twice a year in May and October representing summer and winter seasons...
by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Ocean Conservation
The Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area Network will conduct its first Western Division on the 4th -5th of November at Nawaka Village in Nadi. The meeting will be attended by District representatives, partner organizations including both government and non- government...
by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Fiji Environment
Fiji Environment Law Association (FELA) in collaboration with the Department of Environment conducted a series of legal training at the Holiday Inn Suva, October 27 -29, 2014. With the support of the US Embassy, Suva the Seminar was opened by US Embassy’s Deputy...
