Provincial government, community leaders, industry and conservation groups recently met to share their views on an update to the country’s National Plan of Action for Conservation and Management of Sharks. The series of meetings successfully secured feedback on the draft plans and the Conservation and Environmental Protection Authority (CEPA) committed to reflecting stakeholder comments in the final documents, which will be endorsed in early 2021.
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“Vanuatu is blessed with a diverse and productive marine environment, and our marine species, such as fish, turtles and seabirds are part of our cultural heritage,” said Esline Garaebiti, Director General, Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology and Geo-hazard, Environment, Energy and Disaster Management at the launch of a new initiative to protect our marine species.
Sustainable Utilisation of Coastal and Marine Biodiversity
Regional, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Samoa, Timor-Leste, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Final report prepared for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
AP_2/39 Assessment of by-catch of threatened marine species by small scale fishers and mitigation options in the Kikori River Delta, Papua New Guinea
Sustainable Utilisation of Coastal and Marine Biodiversity