projects Articles:
School & Community Awareness Programs
MES promotes greater education for the environment to all who work, visit or stay in the Mamanucas. Such is done through lectures organised by a resort or operator…
Reef Awareness Programs for Resorts
Our environment provides sustenance for all. Our member resorts are equipped with awareness programs that aim to in turn educate staff and guests…
Mooring Buoy Projects
This is an ongoing project that aims at assisting resorts and villages in the installation and maintenance of moorings buoys. MES assisted Matamanoa Resort in 2004…
Reef Check Surveys
Mamanuca Dive Operators Reef Check Network was formed in 2004. Its purpose to monitor subtle environmental changes in the Mamanuca waters. 37 dive sites have been surveyed by MES and…
Water Analysis Project
Water quality is an issue that affects the Mamanuca areas in a substantial way. Various changes to the environment have been noticed ranging…
Waste Management Project
Every year, the amount of material being taken to outer islands or to homes in our coastal region continues to increase. In past…
Turtle Conservation Project
The Society in 2006 included a this new project amongst its existing list of projects, in recognition of the plight this vulnerable creature is facing, and also because of the many breeding…
CoTs Control Project
What are CoTs? ‘Vulawalu’ is the local name given to the starfish organism Acanthaster plancii or commonly known as Crown-of-Thorns referring…
Clam and Coral Restoration Project
Giant clams are sometimes known as farmers of the sea because of the symbiotic relationship it shares with the algae zooxanthellae. Like corals, giant clams feed…
Marine Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas or MPAs have long being recommended as a great tool to conserving resources throughout the world. This is not new in Fiji or the Mamanucas…
Projects Areas Map
A map of the Mamanuca Islands Group and local reefs.
