Expeditions
South Pacific Projects collaborates with respected volunteer expedition organisation, Global Vision International in order to provide marine conservation expeditions for international volunteers. Beginning January 2012 is a unique new marine conservation project in the Yasawa Islands and SPP is delighted to be working with GVI to offer this new expedition experience. Our Managing Director is assisting GVI to form new partnerships with local communities with the aim of developing new Marine Protected Areas in Fiji.
South Pacific Projects has carried out conservation and educational work in different parts of the country and is currently working closely with the SEA LIFE London Aquarium and the International Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society to fund and support Marine Protected Areas in Fiji.
South Pacific Projects successfully initiated a major baseline survey of a coral reef ecosystem in 2009 and completed that work in 2011. We then assisted the community of Dawasamu to establish a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) that will help afford long-term protection to Fijis only resident pod of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris). Our research is specifically targeted to helping communities set up community managed Marine Protected Areas, proven globally to protect biodiversity and provide a more sustainable fishery. We therefore work closely with the Department of Fisheries, FLMMA and the University of the South Pacific to achieve our goals.
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