Dugongs and Seagrass

Click here to find our Guidelines for interacting with dugongs

Click here to find our dugong and seagrass awareness materials.

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1 week ago

The guys from Murdoch are giving us a huge amount of support for our dugong project. They are in a competition to receive some funding for continuing to develop tools using drones for detecting dugongs, which can help us learn more about our local dugongs and where they are, which all helps us to conserve and protect them better. They would like to create a system that is affordable and easy to use so countries like Vanuatu can use them. We want to help out Chris, Amanda and the Murdoch team by spreading the word and encouraging as many people as possible to vote for them. VESS and the dugongs in Vanuatu will benefit from these tools in the future too! Please don't just like this post but vote on the website! impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/australia2018/charities/dugong-detector-murdoch-university-aus?v=N... ... See MoreSee Less

I’m backing Murdoch University.

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Let’s help Murdoch University monitor and protect seagrass meadows through dugong tracking. Vote for Murdoch University to win the $1 million Google.org Impact Challenge People’s Choice grant. #im...

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

2 weeks ago

A pod cast on reducing single use plastics and the alternatives from UK. At the beginning the panellists mention polystyrene, straws and PET bottles as their biggest bugbears. The government in Vanuatu has begun to address some of these problem plastics here with the ban of plastic straws and polystyrene container and with discussions about measures for plastic water bottles. But it is up to everyone to look at the unnecessary plastics in their lives and see what we can do without and think about the choices we make when we purchase. The panellists reiterate the common theme being talked about this year which is recycling single-use plastics is not the answer to the problem. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bk1mrm ... See MoreSee Less

Ending the Plastic Age, Costing the Earth - BBC Radio 4

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Solving the plastic problem. Four experts join Tom Heap to offer fresh answers.

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

2 weeks ago

This highlights the damage mass tourism can do the the environment ... See MoreSee Less

Thailand bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely

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Visitors flocked to Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi Leh island after it was in Leonardo DiCaprio film

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

3 weeks ago

There is a new solution for glass waste offered by RecycleCorp. They are hiring bins for collecting glass (as well as tins and cans). The glass will be crushed to create a sand or aggregate creating a new product that can be used in the building trade. The glass won't fill up the land fill and can replace at least some of the sand that is mined from beaches. recyclevanuatu.com/2018/09/28/glass-recycling-in-port-vila/ ... See MoreSee Less

Glass Recycling In Port Vila

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To interested resorts, restaurants and business houses. RecycleCorp Vanuatu is now starting a new project, which is Glass recycling. Please view the attached information and pictures, then let us k…

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