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...
by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Climate Change, MES Fiji News
The Festival of Food which coincided with International Conference of Ocean and Rivers held at the FNU Namaka Campus brought visitors and local alike to witness the various food preparation method from different countries. According to FNU Vice chancellor, Dr Ganesh...
by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Conservation, Sustainability, Turtle Conservation
The International Conference on Oceans and Rivers brought together experts in many interconnected areas of protection and management of oceans and rivers. The 3 days first ever gathering organized by the Fiji National University held at the FNU, Namaka Campus featured...
by Marica Vakacola | Nov 4, 2014 | Conservation
The World Parks Congress is the landmark global forum on protected areas, held once every ten years, and is expected to bring together more than 4, 000 people from at least 160 countries. The world park congress has been taken seriously by the Pacific nations as a...
by MES | Sep 15, 2014 | Conservation, Education, Fiji Climate, Fiji Environment
On the morning of 30th July, Namamanuca Primary was a buzz of activities with final preparations for the opening of the schools newly installed solar system. The 4600W solar panel array will provide more than enough all day electricity for the 148 students and seven...
by MES | Sep 15, 2014 | Education
The Department of Environment (DOE) in conjunction with Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) hosted 3 days of training and capacity building program for existing and potential Environment management unit (EMU) within respective agencies last week....
