Ground breaking today for the extension of the electricity grid to Port Olry, north-east Santo. By 2026, the two largest islands in Vanuatu, Santo and Malekula, will have 100% electricity from renewable sources (mainly hydro). On the way to our target of 100% by 2030
"Vanuatu, a tiny nation of Pacific islands, is now locked in a legal battle over mackerel fishing rights that it claims were corruptly awarded to the Panama company, allegedly without the knowledge of the fishing ministry"
https://t.co/Af9qWfL4Iu via @FT
The Chiefs' Nakamal in Port Vila was razed by fire last night. Nothing remains but twisted wire and smouldering timbers.
This symbol of a nation united by kastom was as important to us as Notre Dame is to the French.
Coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), filed under C in #ParrotsAtoZ, perched on a palm frond at the Taffuntari waterfall, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu; the Vanuatu subspecies (T. h. massena) has a green abdomen. Pic by Mayumi Green via @MacaulayLibrary https://t.co/MLKPPGXHxF