Tag: Tonga
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Biodiversity is not just species lists……..
The Convention on Biological diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this incudes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems” cbd.int/convention/articles/?a=cbd-02 Biodiversity includes what we can see – big species,…
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Team Member Updates…..
Over the last few months and without easy communication access and in between Covid lockdowns the VEPA team has continued to change! Over the coming months we hope to share more stories from the team and especially the work through their lives and words! My name is Talita and I’m 20 years of age. I…
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Surveys for cultural and traditional knowledge on marine turtles
With the support of the SPREP led By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) Initiative, Tonga’s Ministry for the Environment (MEIDECC), Ministry of Fisheries and VEPA are working together to update and collect community information on the cultural uses and traditional knowledge on marine turtles in Tonga. Tonga has four known species of marine turtles: hawksbill, green,…
Vava'u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) 