The regional Inform project is holding a meeting this week to review progress towards building national and regional capacity to improve environmental decision-making through strengthening planning and reporting in the Pacific.
The Inform project is mid-way through implementation and is taking stock of results achieved and hearing back from the countries of the progress in the new tools and processes being developed by the project to address the on-going challenge of compiling high quality data on the environment and making best use of it.
A national review is underway in Vanuatu to determine the current state of marine turtle management and conservation in the country as turtles are globally threatened species and listed as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
Vanuatu | Exclusive Economic Zone Area:
623,424 sq. km
Total Area Protected:
226 sq. km
Marine Protected Areas: 15
Designated: 14
Established: 0
Proposed: 1
Terrestrial Protected Areas: 19
Designated: 19
A national review is underway in Vanuatu to determine the current state of marine turtle management and conservation in the country. The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is among the five species of turtles in Vanuatu that is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.