Vunausi Environmental Conservation Organization - VECO

 Extract Article:  Daily Post Vanuatu Vunausi Environment Conservation Organization (VECO), a charitable organization from south Santo, is working with communities there to establish integrated farming approaches, to address improved farming, sustainable land management and food security and reduce pressure on natural resources. Through VECO, observations were carried out to assess the challenges faced with addressing livelihood and environmental issues, and it was firmly agreed that an Integrated Farming System (IFS) utilizing the traditional farming approach will be the best approach. This project approach aims to encourage community members to continue to apply their farming, focusing on traditional irrigation method with access to the water resource channeled to their farms and supply of planting materials of food crops potential to improve yield (such as water taro best selected varieties) and farming of freshwater prawn and other freshwater lives, such as shell fish and freshwate

Written by Daily Post (Vanuatu) Date: Oct 9 2021 The Vunausi Environment Conservation Organization (VECO) has addressed one of the biggest environmental concerns for surrounding communities on the Tangoa mainland with its coastal rehabilitation project. Around 12,000 trees were planted from an established nursery site which generates thousands of seedlings supplied to other communities and interested farmers across Vanuatu. From the 12, 000, a total of 5,000 were planted at the coastal area and 7,000 were planted inland. Over the past years coastal erosion has become visible, sparking fear for the future generation living around Tangoa Mainland area in South Santo as more trees around the coastal area are hugely affected by sea level rise. In response to the impacts, VECO with financial support from the Global Environment Fund Small Grant Scheme through UNDP and in collaboration with the community members of Tangoa island and mainland area planted trees for the rehabilitation of the co

Date First Written: April 24, 2016. Chairman, Vunausi Environmental Conservation Organization (VECO) . Download PDF File With the growing gap in the relationship between community members and leaders like Chiefs, Churches leaders and relevant Government institutes and other governing institutes resulting in poor governance. Also added is the reduce recognition of the leadership thus status in the rural area there is less control over proper management of the natural renewable resources. And the recent increase in intensity in weathers such as heavy rainfall, strong winds causing high sea through the storms has seen the movement of sea inland for the last two decade reaching around estimated ten meters (10m) inland and more in other more exposed areas. The Climate Change impact and issues of poor governance combined posed great challenge are observed to have negative significant impact to the coastal area degradation. There is marked negative impact to the ecological systems seeing migr

 By: Ioan VijiNakarai Wednesday, March 26, 2014 In 2009 the Vanuatu Government received funding through South Pacific Commission at the Land Resource Division for a Regional Program on Sustainable Land Management (SLM). Thanks to the Venusvela Government for providing funding for the regional SLM project. The focal point for the project is the Department of Lands and the Department of forests was fortunate to be part of the project in its field activity implementation. One of sites was at Tangoa Island mainland, South of Santo. The site was selected because the status of SLM is poor. The site consists of old coconut trees with yield lower, pasture poorly managed, vegetation health indicated soil nutrient deficiency and soil is prone erosion during heavy rains. The design in this SLM site of old cocoanut plantation included mixed planting of trees for timber and indigenous fruit orchard, Sandalwood and traditional irrigation for food crops. The total area was two hectares (2ha). The far