WWW Link: http://www.tetepare.org/
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WWW Link: http://www.tetepare.org/
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When the threat of commercial logging loomed over Tetepare six years ago, the descendants of Tetepare's former inhabitants came together to save this last wild island of the Pacific. The thousands of descendants, spread out across the Western Province, formed an alliance to become the Tetepare Descendants’ Association, or TDA. Our goal was to protect and conserve the island for the benefit of all descendants and future generations. More than 3000 descendants have joined the Tetepare Descendants’ Association, making it one of the largest landowners associations in the Solomon Islands. We, the TDA, are recognised as the legal owners of Tetepare Island.
The TDA is a registered Solomon Islands charitable organisation with an Executive Committee of elected representatives. TDA constitution states that our aim is to unite Tetepare’s landowners to manage and conserve Tetepare and its natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations descended from Tetepare Island.
In the six years since it formed, the TDA has transformed from a fledgling landowners organisation with big dreams, into a world-class community-based conservation organisation responsible for one of the largest integrated land and marine conservation initiatives in the country.
We have built a field station on Tetepare and established the largest contiguous marine protected areas in the Solomon Islands – a 13-kilometre no-take zone. The Marine Protected Area or MPA supports healthy populations of fish species, large and small, as well as species such as the green snail and giant clam, which have disappeared from many parts of the Solomons today.
We employ rangers and marine monitors to patrol and monitor the MPA, and conduct scientific research and conservation programs.
Organization Type: Non-profit
Activities: Conservation, Education, Management, Monitoring, Research
Submitted: 2010-09-23 00:54:06
Last Modified: 2010-09-23 08:19:35
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