Vunausi Environmental Conservation Organization - VECO

05/06/2026

🌿🌊 Hapi World Environment Day long evriwan! 🌊🌿

🌍 "Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future." 🌍

Tedei, wol i kam tugeta blong selebretem **World Environment Day** — mo long Vanuatu, yumi g*t evri risen blong selebreit!

Solwota blong yumi i blong yumi. Bus blong yumi i blong yumi. Ples blong yumi i blong yumi. Ol tabu eria mo kastom blong yumi oli wan long ol strongfala weapon blong protektem nature long kantri mo wol.🐠🌴

Saen blong wol i stap soemaout — solwota i go antap, Cyclone i strong moa, rif i hot moa. Yumi long Vanuatu yumi lukim ol saen ya moa long eni narafala ples. Be yumi g*t samting we oli no g*t — save blong kalja, kastom blong yumi, mo komuniti we i strong. 💪

Long VECO, yumi stap wok evri dei wetem ol komuniti blong sapotem Community Conservation Areas (CCA), protektem ol tabu eria, mo mekem sua se voes blong ol kastom ona i stap long evri level. From aksen blong klaemet i stat long vilej mo kominiti. 🏡🌺

Tude mo evri dei — yumi mas jusum nature. Yumi mas jusum fuija blong yumi. 🙏🌏

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04/06/2026

🌿🐟 Day 1 | Tabu Eria & National Conservation Symposium — Luganville, Santo 🌿🐟

What a powerful start to a historic milestone! 🙌

Today marks the opening of the Tabu Eria and National Conservation Symposium here in Luganville — bringing together communities, government, and partners from across Vanuatu to strengthen our commitment to Community Conservation Areas (CCAs) and the protection of our land, sea, and culture for generations to come.

From the kastom knowledge of our communities to the policies that protect our natural world, this symposium is proof that when we come together, real change is possible. 🌊🌱

A heartfelt thankiu tumas to all the national agencies and organisations working tirelessly alongside us to make this happen. The journey to conserve Vanuatu's extraordinary biodiversity starts with moments like these. 💚

📍 Luganville, Santo
🎬 Watch Day 1 highlights in the video below!



Ministry of Climate Change Vanuatu
Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation DEPC United Nations Development Programme - UNDP Conservation Internationall Live & Learn Vanuatu Vanuatu Climate Action Network VCAP 2 - Vanuatu Coastal Adaptation Project

03/06/2026

03/06/2026

This week our team at the Vunausi Community Conservation Area (CCA) joined other 18 CCA's members around the country to attend a week of National Tabu Eria mo Biodiversity Symposium in Luganville, Santo.

16/05/2026

🌿✨ Milestone for Vunausi!

On 29 April 2026, VECO proudly launched the Community Conservation Area (CCA) in South Santo — a celebration of unity, culture, and commitment to protecting our environment.

🎉 Highlights included:
✅ Certificates presented to community representatives
✅ Traditional pig killing ceremony symbolizing respect & identity
✅ Unveiling of the CCA Mapping Board

We were honored by the presence of:
• Government officials from the Department of Forests-Vanuatu & the Vanuatu Department of Environment Protection and Conservation.
• Representative from the New Zealand High Commission in Vanuatu.
• Live & Learn Vanuatu and other stakeholders.

Together, we are building resilience, safeguarding biodiversity, and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come. 🌍💚

Read more about the CCA: https://www.veco.vu/2026/04/launch-of-vunausi-community.html

07/05/2026

05/05/2026

Sandalwood is a high value crop that is earning a great income to the islands that Sandalwood is growing naturally. Vanuatu has an indigenous Sandalwood species scientifically named Santalum austrocalenodicum. The Vanuatu indigenous Sandalwood is the same species as that of New Caledonia. Department of forests had been researching in Sandalwood in Vanuatu since 1995 to assess the relationship between growth and girth or circumference size and volume of Sandalwood. Department of forests went further in the research to assess the quality of oil of the indigenous Sandalwood species. With the support of the Australian Center of International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) the Department of forests was able to study the quality of oil in the species. Through the James Cook University in Carnes, Australia and Department of forests the ACIAR Sandalwood Oil Study of Vanuatu was conducted and revealed that some families of the Vanuatu Sandalwood appears to be Second to the World Standard of the Oil.

Learn more: https://www.veco.vu/2026/05/presbyterian-church-navota-farm-rural.html

By: Ioan VijiNakarai Vutilolo. (Chairman of Vunausi Environmental Conservation Organization, VECO). Sanma Province Off-Shore Island Sandalwo...

05/05/2026

Long Vunausi, wan “plant skul” activiti i tekem tugeta ol olfala, ol yangfala mo ol saentis blong lanem bakegen nem mo save blong ol plant long bus.

Plante tradisenal nem mo save i stat blong lus, be wetem help blong ol olfala olgeta i save tingbaot bakegen mo tijim ol yangfala.

Wokbaot ia i soemaot se:
- Save blong bifo i impoten tumas
- Yumi mas tijim ol yangfala
- Taem yumi joenem save blong kastom mo saens, yumi save lukaot gud long environment

Vunausi Environmental Conservation Organization - VECO i wok blong holem taet kastom save mo protektem graon blong ol fiuja jeneresen.

Ridim more: https://livelearn.org/stories/plant-school-remembering-forgotten-names

15/03/2025

Tata school class 6 per visit to Vijinakarai tropical garden.

Fee: 3000vt. For students.

Vijinakarai Garden will continue on help supporting school and community .

Vijinakarai tropical garden is open for tourists.
Traditional Food.
Agroforestry.
Traditional Water Taro garden.

18/09/2024

'Climate change is a threat..' Bridget Kennedy, Deputy Director of Conservation International Pacific Islands program shared earlier today at the IUCN Oceania Regional Conservation Forum.

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