by Marica Vakacola | Dec 15, 2015 | Eco Tourism, Sponsors and Partners
Outrigger Group funds Eco Club in the Mamanucas. The newly established Mamanuca Schools Eco Club closed its first chapter at the end of the third school term on a high note. The Eco Clubs in the Mamanuca will be anticipating 2016 having received generous funding from...
by Marica Vakacola | May 11, 2015 | Eco Tourism, Turtle Conservation
Vunavadra (native name) home to South Sea Island was a buzz at around 4pm on the 15th of April with approximately 132 hatchlings emerging from their nest and crawling towards the horizon. The hawksbill nester laid her eggs on the 15th of February, with the incubation...
by Marica Vakacola | May 11, 2015 | Conservation, Eco Tourism, Sponsors and Partners, Stakeholders
Mana Island Resort marked World Earth Day and World Arbor day on the 22nd and 24th of April respectively. MES staff travelled to the island to help facilitate the program with Mana guests and Mana E- team. On Wednesday the 22nd of April, Mana marked World Earth Day...
by Marica Vakacola | May 11, 2015 | Conservation, Eco Tourism, Education, Sponsors and Partners, Stakeholders, Water Conservation
The World Water Day celebration serves as an important reminder that we must focus on how water links almost all aspects of our lives. World Water Day is celebrated annually on the 22nd of March with this year’s theme; Water and Sustainable Development. , while...
by Marica Vakacola | May 11, 2015 | Eco Tourism, Turtle Conservation
A baby turtle was found crawling ashore at the Malolo Beach on March 6th much to the delight of Malolo Island. For many years, there was no nesting at Malolo Island Resort and the drifter has been named “Naivaka” Probably tired of drifting passively around the Malolo...
by Marica Vakacola | Mar 1, 2015 | Eco Tourism, Turtle Conservation
It came to yet another endless struggle as a female turtle whose species is yet to be identified beached at Monuriki Island on February 3rd just west of Viti Levu in the Mamanuca group of Islands to lay its eggs. The nest was first identified by a staff of the...