North New Hebrides Back Arc Area is entirely located in Solomon Islands EEZ.This record shows an Acoustic Backscatter Imagery of the North New Hebrides (Vanuatu) Back Arc Area. The was produced as part of the SOPACMAPS series of 1993 on board the R/V Atalante. Sounding Equipment used: Simrad EM12 Dual. Coast line files (solid lines) are provided under SOPAC responsibility. The cruise was funded by the Eurpean Community and the Data Acquisition and processing done by IFREMER. The chart is not to be used for Navigation.
This record shows the Morpho Structural map of the North New Hebrides (Vanuatu) Back Arc Area. The map was produced as part of the SOPACMAPS series in 1993. The survey was carried out on board the R/V L' Atlante. The survey was funded by the European Community whilst the Data acquisition and processing by IFREMER. Sounding Equipment used: Simrad EM12 Dual. The chart is not to be used for Navigation.A copy of the map can be downloaded by selecting the appropriate link under 'Online resources' with permission from the Secretariat.
Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam made landfall in Vanuatu on 13 March 2015, causing severe damage to parts of the country. A post-disaster needs assessment (Esler 2015) completed less than a month after the cyclone highlighted the need for multi-hazard mapping of urban areas and for an action plan to identify safe areas for future growth. The report also emphasised the importance of having a sound scientific basis for predicting hazards and a reliable forecasting system.
This report describes a high-resolution bathymetric mapping survey of the seabed surrounding the island of Efate in Vanuatu, by the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission
(SOPAC). The survey was carried out over a period of 25
days in August 2003, resulting in the acquisition of over 600 line kilometres of MBES data.
The resultant compilation was used to produce
bathymetry charts of Efate at scales of 1 : 100 000 and 1 : 50 000, with more detailed charts of
Mele Bay, Forari Bay and Havannah Bay at 1 : 20 000.
A high-resolution bathymetric mapping survey of the seabed surrounding the island of Efate in Vanuatu.This bathymetric map is a blend of multibeam (MBES), and singlebeam (SBES) echosounder data. All slope angles exceeding 60 degrees (degrees from horizontal) were interpreted as scarps. Any Inclined area of the seafloor that was laterally confined by distinctive slopes, with or without an upslope headscarp, was interpreted as a channel.
This record holds the Bathymetry chart of Havannah Bay showing shallow to deep, from red to blue, with two times vertical exaggeration. Chart is the result of the high-resolution bathymetric mapping survey of the seabed surrounding Port Havannah Harbour in Vanuatu. This bathymetric map is a blend of multibeam (MBES), and singlebeam (SBES) echosounder data. This work was initiated by the SOPAC/EU Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States Project.
A high-resolution bathymetric mapping survey of the seabed surrounding the island of Efate in Vanuatu.This bathymetric map is a blend of multibeam (MBES), and singlebeam (SBES) echosounder data. All slope angles exceeding 60 degrees (degrees from horizontal) were interpreted as scarps. Any Inclined area of the seafloor that was laterally confined by distinctive slopes, with or without an upslope headscarp, was interpreted as a channel.
A high-resolution bathymetric mapping survey of the seabed surrounding the island of Efate in Vanuatu.This bathymetric map is a blend of multibeam (MBES), and singlebeam (SBES) echosounder data. All slope angles exceeding 60 degrees (degrees from horizontal) were interpreted as scarps. Any Inclined area of the seafloor that was laterally confined by distinctive slopes, with or without an upslope headscarp, was interpreted as a channel.
Concise environmental legislative reviews of Pacific Island countries plus Tokelau. **Please submit new information or corrections as the reviews will be updated annually.**
An extraction of info related to Vanuatu Protection coverage.
This dataset is a sub-dataset for updated info by WDPA
There is very limited data on wind energy potential in Vanuatu. A Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat project monitored wind speeds at a site on Efate in the mid-1990s, finding average speeds of 5.0 m/s in 1995 and 4.2 m/s in 1996, well below the 6 m/s generally considered to be necessary for economic electricity production. However, only 63% of data was recovered in 1996, so these results should be treated with caution.
Record captures Vanuatu quarterly statistics indicators, published annually by the Vanuatu Statistics Office (VNSO) from 2013 - 2015. Report contains a wide range of statistics, collected and processed by the VNSO from a variety of sources. Energy data of interest in this report include:
Record of Registered Vehicles in Port Villa and Lunganville only for vehicle categories belonging to motorcars, Pick-Ups, Trucks, Bus and motor-cycle. Data records provided are annually only from 2000 -2011.
Following folder captures tariff rates for UNELCO in Vanuatu. Data sourced from the URA website. Electricity tariff rates in the spreadsheet is available from 2000 - 2014.
This dataset was compiled for the Vanuatu Energy Road map. Dataset captures the vehicle imports for Vanuatu by Description, HS Code, Value, Weight of the vehicle and Quantity. Dataset provided is accumulated by year only with no specific mention of the products imported by dates.
The Vanuatu National Environment Policy and Implementation Plan 2016–2030 (NEPIP) is an overarching policy for the sustainable conservation, development and management of the environment of Vanuatu. It is the first of its kind since Vanuatu gained independence in 1980.
This report presents the findings of the landfill audit undertaken for Vanuatu. The methodology applied for this landfill audit was as per the Waste Audit Methodology – a step-by-step manual to conduct comprehensive waste audits in SIDs, produced by PRIF.
The waste audit was undertaken with support from Port Vila Municipal Council and Luganville Municipal Council in close collaboration with APWC (remotely) supporting the delivery of the waste audit and other key stakeholders. The audit took place from 9 to 30 October 2020 and the results are presented in this report.
The Vanuatu White-eye (Zosterops flavifrons) is endemic to Vanuatu and is one of the most widespread and abundant birds within the region. Seven geographical subspecies of this bird, varying both in size and colour, have been identified in the country. This document briefly addresses the causes of population divergence.
Useful information on Vanuatu land tenure and conservation actions review commissioned by RESCCUE project (SPC).
The study of the ichthyofaunal corpus yielded by the archaeological site of Teouma, Efate Island, Vanuatu, has
revealed the unexpected presence of a significant number of bones of Eleotridae (Sleepers) on the site, as early as
2920–2870 cal. B.P. Out of the 8560 identified fish remains associated with the Lapita layers, which document
the period of initial settlement of the archipelago, 1368 have been determined as belonging to eleotrids, including
species of the genera Giuris, Ophiocara and Eleotris. They represent 16% of the corpus and occupy second