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Vatthe


IBA Justification

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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1993 Loru Protected Area Forest Conservation Area 6
1994 Vatthe Forest Conservation Area 94

Land ownership
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 23/11/2024.