Vanuatu Indigenous leaders raise concerns over plans to build resort for cruise tourists

The Guardian World ·

Vanuatu Indigenous leaders raised concerns over plans for a cruise resort due to incomplete environmental impact assessments and potential harm to local ecosystems.

Exclusive: Environmental impact assessments are ‘incomplete’, say leaders, and private beach club could harm fragile ecosystems Indigenous community leaders in Vanuatu have raised concerns over plans by the cruise operator Royal Caribbean to build a private beach club on the island of Lelepa, arguing environmental impact assessments by the company are “incomplete” and “misleading”. …

Original source: The Guardian World

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