1. Community Initiated Seagrass Monitoring
The Tetepare Descendants’ Association

2. Tetepare Descendants Association (TDA), Solomon Islands

3. Tetepare Island

4. Resource monitoring Trochus surveys Reef check surveys
Seagrass & Giant clamshell monitoring
Coconut crab monitoring

5. Green Turtle Tagging + DNA Sampling
Turtle monitoring
Green Turtle Tagging + DNA Sampling

6. Leatherback Turtle nest Monitoring

7. Policing and collecting resource harvest data

8. Main Networking Partners and Donors
National Government Ministries: (Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of Forest
SICCP
SIRA
Donors:
SICCP – Core Operations
USFWS – Marine Turtle monitoring
MbZ (Seagong Project) – Seagrass monitoring
USP – Seagrass monitoring

10. Integrated Eco-tourism Venture

11. See dugongs and saltwater crocodiles

12. Challenges Scare funding for core operations and turtle conservation
Lack of Communication
Weak governance

13. Awards

14. Conclusion TDA yet to apply and register its PA 2 Thoughts:
If any communities or Resource Owners wish to establish their MPAs, they should start, Organise themselves and register as a charitable organisation first.
The survival of most species today depends on Human beings. Gone are the days when Mother Nature use to nurturing them.

15. The End
Thank you