Turtle Tagging For The Future

Mamanuca Environment Society (MES) and Mana Island Resort have started tagging turtle, ready to be released back into the wild for another sperm of life. Tagging of sea turtles is very important in terms of research and science and monitoring their behavior and their...

A Million Trees For The Future

The Ministry of Fisheries and Forest this year 2010 launch an initiative for Fiji to plant a million trees for the future. Mamanuca Environment Society (MES) over the years have been initiating projects toward environmental protection on marine lives and terrestrial’s...

Three Turtles Swim To New Life

THE Mamanuca Environmental Society released three turtles and planted 91 branching corals at the Mana Island Resort Returnee week last Thursday. The three-year-old turtles, two green turtles and one hawksbill, were named after some of the resorts’ returnees. Audrey,...

Coral Cares

There are cases of coral bleaching in the furthest islands in the Mamanuca Island group. This was revealed last week by the Mamanuca Environmental Societies project manager, Beitani Salusalu. Mr Salusalu and a crew of environmentalists look after the marine and...

Step Up For Turtles

A rare green turtle during Mamanuca Enviroment Society school exchange programme THERE is a need for awareness and education on the current bans imposed on turtle harvesting, says a marine environment organisation. Applauding the actions of Jordan Mar who purchased a...

Community – Based Management Plan Review Workshop

MES with its ongoing Turtle Conservation project facilitating a two day workshop which was held at Yanuya Village on the 23rd and 24th of September, 2010. Present at the workshops are Department of Fisheries, Department of Environment, Fiji Island Maritime &...

Mana Re-plants Coral Lost During Cyclone Mick

The Mamanucas took a bad hit with Cyclone Mick last month. Unfortunately for Mana island resort their newly constructed coral cookies had been ruined during this cyclone. With no more time to waste MES was in Mana two weeks later assisting with the re-construction of...

Mamanuca Turtle Conservation Project

The turtle awareness workshop for communities was held in Solevu village from the 23rd-25th June. The workshop which was facilitated by MES was filled with presentations from various other organizations including the Institute of Marine Resources—USP, WWF,...
Best Practice Guideline Workshop

Best Practice Guideline Workshop

MES in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Resources (IMR) organized a two day workshop on the 28th and 29th of July which was held at and hosted by Bounty Island Resort. Present at the workshop were Department of Environment, Department of Fisheries, WWF, USP...

Monuriki Clean Up Volunteer Program

On the 12 of May, MES working closely with South Sea Cruises organized a clean up campaign at Monuriki Island in the upper Mamanuca region. The island is uninhabited and is home to the Fijian Crested Iguana and Fijian Petrel (Kacau). The island is visited by tourists...