‘Coralreefchallenge’ Competition Updates

The students of Namamanuca Primary School are well into their monitoring process of their little coral reef area that is located approximately 250 meters from their school. During our last visit to the school, located in Yanuya Village in the Mamanuca groups of...

2008 Dive Into Earth Day Celebrated By Students

On the 22nd of April, young enthusiasts of Yanuya Primary and Malolo District Schools in the Mamanucas celebrated Dive into Earth Day. Unlike previous years where students went straight into cleaning up their school compounds, beach fronts and foreshores, this time...

MES Presents to the Maui Writer Conference

On the 6th of April, the MES enjoyed the wonderful and unique opportunity to deliver power point presentations on its work in the region and the importance of coral reefs ecosystem to members of the Maui Writers Conference. The group consisted of a mixture of talented...

New Caledonia Group Visits Yaro Village In The Mamanucas

Six representatives from New Caledonia who visited Fiji through the LMMA (Locally Managed Marine Areas) Network spent two nights at Yaro village/Malolo Island. The group consisted of four traditional leaders (Heads of their individual tribes), one rep from WWF New...

Water Analysis For The Region – Phase 1, 2008

This year’s 1st round of water analysis was carried out from the 11th to the 15th of March, 2008. The sampling covered all the Islands in the Mamanucas including the coastal areas along the Nadi – Lautoka corridor. The 1st water sampling took place in 2003 which...