Past Projects

Click on the links below to read more about our past projects:

The GEF dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project

Supporting VESS in its first year of operation including developing educational material for dugong and seagrass conservation

National Environment Week 2015

Nabanga Pikinini Games project

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

22 hours ago

Thanks to everyone who joined us on the beach cleanup at Ifira Point (Woraloa Point) yesterday. We cleared 320kg of rubbish from about 750 meters of beach including: 375 food wrappers, 253 plastic caps and lids, 429 plastic water bottles, 127 other drink bottles and 320 aluminium drinks cans. There was also 12 nappies and 50 cigarette butts collected. 58 people from VESS, APTC, Pango youth, Manples, Kokoriko youth, Okeanos, Erakor Bridge youth and some independents took part. If you are doing a cleanup this week please send us your data so we can add it to the totals for the #internationalcoastalcleanup #cleanon ... See MoreSee Less

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

2 days ago

Here are the Breadfruit Apartments / VESS team doing their cleanup for the #internationalcoastalcleanup. They collected 18.5 kg of rubbish from a 130 meter roadside drain that leads straight into the ocean at Nambatu. The 6 woman team collected 172 food wrappers, 43 plastic bottles, 10 juice / milk boxes, and 21 pieces of polystyrene packaging amongst other items from that short stretch. Have you done yours? Don't forget to send your data sheets to VESS. We will accept cleanup data from this weekend too! Or use the Clean Swell app, which is available all year round to count your litter cleanup data. ... See MoreSee Less

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

3 days ago

Don't forget about the International Coastal Cleanup. Our Ifira Point cleanup is tomorrow at 9am. But don't worry it you can't make it to ours, you can contribute the cleaning up our oceans by doing your own and sending us the data (or using the Clean Swell app). ... See MoreSee Less

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Vanuatu Environmental Science Society

5 days ago

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Temporary ban on coconut crab harvesting

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A nation-wide temporary ban has been imposed on coconut crab harvesting, to allow the Department of Fisheries (DoF) to address gaps in the management plan and ensure sustainability of the

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