Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2025
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
56 p. 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Vanuatu
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
46337Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Sea turtles - Ecology - Vanuatu
Sea turtles - Monitoring - Vanuatu
Sea turtles - Conservation - Vanuatu
Abstract
Wiawi is an important turtle-nesting site in Vanuatu known for hawksbill and green turtles. The significance of the area came to light after independence in the 1980s following forest conservation interests by the Forestry Department, which resulted in the setting up of the Wiawi Conservation Area. With the support of the Wan Smolbag (WSB) turtle monitoring programme in the 1990s, the community of Wiawi embarked on interventions towards strengthening sea turtle monitoring and conservation in Wiawi through the request from Chief Timothy and his brother Chief Konel Nihapi. These two community elders had worked very hard to establish the Wiawi Conservation Area and invested their time and energy to making Wiawi one of the leading community-based turtle conservation areas in the country.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2025
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
56 p. 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Vanuatu
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
46337 Record Created: 01-Aug-2025
Record Modified: 01-Aug-2025