Duviara Conservation Area, Ambae
Set up in 1996, Duviara Conservation Area reserves 26 hectares of Ambae's cloud forest. It's small but there are large expanses of similar, untouched forest around Ambae's summit. The conservation area hosts restricted range and endemic bird species, 12 endemic plants and orchids and an endemic freshwater fish. It presents a relatively easy opportunity to experience Vanuatu's cloud forest.

We did some more intensive bird watching at Duviara in September 2005 and our bird list for Duviara should now be more complete. However, we still have have no records of Baker's Imperial Pigeon Ducula bakeri from Ambae. Villagers at Ambanga say they no longer have this bird. It may still persist elsewhere in the mountains of Ambae and more extensive searches are needed. Another trip is required!

See WTEC's travel website site for visiting Duviara.