• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in - because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	Vatthe	Forest Conservation Area (VI)	94

Vatthe community forest is owned by the communities of Sara and Matantas. The kastom landowner for Loru is Chief Caleb Ser.

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vatthe (Vanuatu). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vatthe-iba-vanuatu on 23/12/2024.