The Vatthe Conservation Area is located at the southern end of Big Bay, on the island of Santo in Vanuatu. It is a 2,276 hectare area of lowland alluvial rainforest owned by the villages of Sara and Matantas and managed by the Vanuatu Environment Unit. The Vatthe Conservation Area Project (CAP) was initiated in 1994.

Vanuatu's model of a National Park
Tourism at Vatthe is an alternaitve to Logging where the communities of Sara nd Matantas have agreed to give their forest for conservation. It is a set up which meets the criterai of an eco-tourism destination

Contact: Charles Vatu
Address: Matantas village, Big Bay, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
P O Box 239, Luganville, Santo
Ph/Fax: (678) 36153
email: vatthe@vanuatu.com.vu

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Specific Information on VATTHE Project in Vanuatu

• Pacific TV..Vathe Conservation Area ..Big Bay, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Two remote villages have gone together to preserve a large lowland rainforest from logging. ...
• Culture and Garden Tours to the most Beautiful Settings in the ... mountain forests. In the north of Santo is the Vathe National Conservation Park. The park is host to more than 85% of Vanuatu's birds. ...
• The Vatthe Conservation Area ...The Vatthe Conservation Area. Big Bay, Espirito Santo, Vanuatu. ... Nari, R. 1997. Vatthe Conservation Area Project – The first three years. CasoLink (6) SPREP. ...Ministerial Conference on
  Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific 2000 Kitakyushu, Japan 31 August - 5 September 2000
  
• Vatthe Conservation Lodge - Santo ...Vatthe Conservation Lodge Home page. ... Additional Information: Vatthe Conservation Area is host to more than 85% of Vanuatu birds. ...
• Vanuatu : Vatthe Conservation Lodge ...of Santo. Vatthe Lodge is the gateway to Vatthe natural Conservation area offering 20,000 Ha of virgin rainforest. It provides a ...
• Destination Vanuatu Vatthe Conservation Lodge - Vanuatu’s Model of National Park ... Additional Information: Vatthe Conservation Area is host to more than 85% of Vanuatu birds. ...