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Kuna's whereabouts: Vona Vona North
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Yacht KUNA was sailing and supporting conservation media work in the Solomon Islands. This blog relates yacht tips, stories and projects from the places visited. Friday, September 11, 2009. The southern half of Vona Vona lagoon (Noro to Lola Island has been described in a previous post (XXXX 2008). Travel through the Vona Vona lagoon is well described in the Sieling cruising guide too and the google earth picture below testifies of the guide’s accuracy. Uepi Island Resort, Morovo Lagoon. Beam: 3.5 m.
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Kuna's whereabouts: September 2009
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Yacht KUNA was sailing and supporting conservation media work in the Solomon Islands. This blog relates yacht tips, stories and projects from the places visited. Monday, September 28, 2009. Marine Resources Management on North Vella Island. Women also harvest shells in the mangroves (called Sibele in local language). They find them by feeling them with their feet in the soft mangrove mud. This breakdown prevents the respect of rules such as Tambu reefs, which is a way of protecting the reef that tribes h...
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Kuna's whereabouts: September 2010
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Yacht KUNA was sailing and supporting conservation media work in the Solomon Islands. This blog relates yacht tips, stories and projects from the places visited. Thursday, September 30, 2010. Yacht Kuna has changed ownership. However, more info will be posted on this blog from the author's future travels in the Solomons. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Uepi Island Resort, Morovo Lagoon. Length: 38' (11.5m). Beam: 3.5 m. Draft: 1.5 m (except when packed with half ton of camera gear!
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Surfing Solomon Islands
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Need a Tropical Island surf paradise escape? The Solomon Isalnds are unspoiled, unique, beautiful, and blessed with many great waves. If you like crowds then go to Indo! Seen the article Scoping the Solomons. Ready to leave the sheeple and explore a surfers paradise? Staying in local Solomon Island villages near some great waves is truly one of the last remaining frontiers in surf travel and exploration. Preparation is the Key! Surf Trips designed by you! Want to go on a surf trip without the crowds.
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Experimental learning: fox baiting for malleefowl conservation | José J. Lahoz-Monfort
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José J. Lahoz-Monfort. Wildlife technology stats = decisions. Fox baiting experiment workshops →. Experimental learning: fox baiting for malleefowl conservation. This post is an expanded version of the article in the latest edition of ‘ Around the Mounds. 8216;, the newsletter of the National Malleefowl Recovery Team]. It is not every day that one adds a new megapode species to the life list! I’m spending a few days on Tetepare Island. Clockwise from upper left: a) A shy Melanesian megapode (. The adapti...
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Solomon Islands | The Hydrous | open access oceans
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Due to the nature of its remoteness, very little is understood about Solomon Island coral reefs and of its giant inhabitants,. The giant bumphead parrotfish. Bumpheads are critically important for reefs as substrate engineers, prevention of algae overgrowth, and as a prized food source. They can reach the size of a small car, and they keep corals clean by scraping off algae, often accidentally taking chunks out of the corals. And the Tetepare Descendants Association. We are working together to get a bett...
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Kuna's whereabouts: April 2009
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Yacht KUNA was sailing and supporting conservation media work in the Solomon Islands. This blog relates yacht tips, stories and projects from the places visited. Thursday, April 30, 2009. April 2009 - An excursion to the Hele Bar. Back in the solomons. But unfortunately, there are no places to camp without a sworm of mosquitos and even a huge fire would not deter them. Couldn't even eat dinner in peace and ended up trying to retreat on the paddling the canoe out to sea. But for once, even being a...The w...
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Kuna's whereabouts: Fixing 17 years old stainless steel and other things in Noro
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Yacht KUNA was sailing and supporting conservation media work in the Solomon Islands. This blog relates yacht tips, stories and projects from the places visited. Friday, September 4, 2009. Fixing 17 years old stainless steel and other things in Noro. On the lower shrouds. Note the split in the stainless. The 15mm bolt had just snapped too! Given the light loads of tropical sailing, it definitely is old age! Logging ship refuelling in the background. Very unusual for the Solomons. Lenny, an industrious Au...