IWP profile of Government departments and NGOs IWP-related plans and activities : Vanuatu

Abstract

This report is the product of a short term consultancy to review the draft Vanuatu Country report for the Implementation of International Waters Programme (IWP) to ensure that the information in the report are well represented of the views and experiences of the government and NGOs described. The draft country report was put together following a visit by SPREP employees to Vanuatu in 2001. This report attempts to provide information where there is yet gaps in the 2001 report on activities related to IWP focal areas; sectors administrative responsibilities; their past, current and planned activities; and their environmental related communication that are related to the IWP interests. The 4 principal areas identified in IWP are: marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, protection and conservation of freshwater and the management of community- based waste.