climate change
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VEPA’s 2024 Achievements in Biodiversity and Conservation
2024 flew by with a series of excitement and challenges like the ebb and flow of tides providing the pathway of knowing that there is still a lot of work to be done. 2025 being a critical year for Tonga will see focus to increase and strengthen advocacy and outreach on a range of environmental…
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Livelihood surveys on gleaning and climate change
Gleaning is the collection of marine invertebrates within the intertidal mudflats for subsistence and small domestic markets. Gleaning is conducted mainly by women in Tonga, providing not just food source but economic support, social engagement and recreation. Women rarely are alone in the gleaning areas and often share and trade species as they glean. These…
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Exploring the marine resources of Tonga
In May of 2017, a team of international and national marine researchers joined together on board the Yacht Plan b, through the Waitt Institute, to survey the near-shore marine habitats of Ha’apai and Vava’u for the Vava’u Ocean Initiative. The marine surveys included coral cover, fish diversity and biomass and mobile invertebrates such as sea…
Vava'u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) 