Zinoa Marine Conservation Area in Choiseul Province has gained international recognition from an international panel of experts during the World Coral Reef Conference in Indonesia this week.
A statement from the Nature Conservancy, TNC, today says it was one of 13 Marine Protected Areas, MPAs, recognised as Category three on Priority Development Site international recognition this week.
The statement adds it joined 12 other, larger MPAs based in other Coral Triangle nations including Philippines, Timor Leste, PNG, Indonesia and Malaysia.