The recent Protect our Islands Vava’u Festival was a great success because of community support and drive. The festival was implemented through SPREP and funded as part of the Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Services (PRISMSS). We are very grateful to SPREP and the Ministries for Environment and Fisheries for their continued support. Since…

Beaches are an ecological wonder, home to a wide variety of species that live within the beach or migrate to the beach as part of their lifecycle, yet beaches are facing increasing changes and environmental impacts from human uses, erosion, land development and climate change. These impacts are not only on the habitat but also…