Dugongs and Seagrass

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1 week ago

A great effort from everyone that joined the World Ocean Day Vanuatu Cleanup event. VESS, 350 Vanuatu, VCAN Australia Pacific Climate Partnership
and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs all all came together to organise the event in Port Vila. A big thank you to TVL the major sponsor. The group met at Fatumaru bay and cleaned up along the coast from Malapoa point all along the seafront to the central market. The Wan Smol Bag VanuaTai monitors and the Tasivanua networks also cleaned up the coastline at their AGM location in Tanoliu. In total 15,044 items of litter were picked up by 184 people, including 1552 food wrappers, 1859 aluminium cans, 1025 water bottles 201 shoes or flip flops, and 800 glass bottles. These great photos were taken by Island Reach. #worldoceansday #tataplastik ... See MoreSee Less

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

1 week ago

Happy World Oceans Day! Don't forget to come down to Fatumaru bay for the World Oceans Day Vanuatu Cleanup. If you have any questions for the Minister of Foreign Affairs on how Vanuatu is protecting its oceans or tackling climate change you will have the chance to ask him during the question and answer session after the cleanup.
This years theme for World Oceans Day is:
Together we can... protect and restore our ocean
Conservation focus: demonstrate leadership in preventing plastic pollution and share solutions that inspire and activate the global community. Let's continue to show the world Vanuatu is a leader in tackling plastic pollution and collect the litter data that demonstrates the effect of the plastic ban. #worldoceansday #tataplastik ... See MoreSee Less

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

1 week ago

Here is an article on a new report about the amount of micro plastics we are ingesting every year. Key points we picked out are:
People who drinking bottled water ingest 86,000 more micro plastics than people who drink tap water.
"people were more likely to ingest plastic through dust in their environment than by eating shellfish"
"microfibers were by far the most commonly found type of plastic. Microfibers shed from textiles like nylon and polyester."
"Fragments of plastic like those commonly used for bags and straws were the second most common plastic found" - Good job Vanuatu has banned shopping bags and straws! But plastic is still everywhere in the air we breath and in the food we eat.

www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/you-eat-thousands-of-bits-of-plastic-every-year/ ... See MoreSee Less

You eat thousands of bits of plastic every year

nationalgeographic.com

Though abundant in water, air, and common foods, it’s unclear how it might affect our health.

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

2 weeks ago

Today is World Environment Day! A day to think about what we can do to help our amazing natural world. The VESS team was with the Wan Smol Bag Vanua Tai resource monitors AGM today talking dugongs and turtle with them. A very dedicated group keen to learn how they can protect Vanuatu's animals and plants. Here are a few photos of the amazing animals that live here in Vanuatu. Thank you to Phil Bender, Kirk Zufelt, and Big Blue Vanuatu for the photos. ... See MoreSee Less

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