Community Conservation Area
Takitumu Conservation Area
Cook Islands
Cook IslandsRarotonga monarch (endemic · saved from imminent extinction)
See parkOne of the first community conservation areas in Melanesia, run entirely by local villages with no direct state involvement
Area
25 km²
Designated in
1994
Region
Melanesia (Vanuatu)
Established in the 1990s through a direct agreement between the local villages of Espiritu Santo island, with no state parks agency involved, it is one of the first examples of a community-managed conservation area in Melanesia. It protects one of the last significant fragments of lowland rainforest in Vanuatu, with guiding and birdwatching programmes led directly by the inhabitants of the surrounding villages, who receive the ecotourism income as an economic alternative to logging the area.
2 dive sites within 300 km are also shown.
Threatened:
Ecosystems found in Vanuatu, where Vatthe (Loru) lies.
Where can I dive near here?
33 km away
120 km away
Which other parks are like this one?
Same type of protected area: Community Conservation Area
Based on what we already know about this park.
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Climate
Tropical
