Richard Chesher

Community Environmental Research in the Pacific Islands   Richard Chesher, Ph.D  Photographer, Publisher Consultant on Sustainable Development for the Small Island States. Dr. Chesher is an independent Marine Scientist specializing in the impact of humanity on the natural systems of our ocean world. He has sailed the South Pacific aboard the Research Vessel Moira since 1976, seeking an understanding of how and why humans are systematically destroying their ocean and island environment. He has worked with island governments, regional organizations and the United Nations to identify possible ways of changing community behaviour patterns. In the progress of his adventures, Dr. Chesher has sought the fascinating social and evolutionary forces that guide the behaviour of individuals and communities. These concepts are now emerging as a whole new aspect of modern biological science. It is an idea that could never have emerged without the advances in bio-sensory te...

Creating the Rocket Cruising Guide to Vanuatu This is the story of the publication of the Nautical Rocket Guide to Vanuatu. Click here if you are looking for the cruising guide to Vanuatu itself .   Click Here if you are looking for the French version - le Guide Nautique du Vanuatu . Click Here to read about creating the Nautical Rocket Guide to New Caledonia Click Here to read about creating the Travel Rocket Guide to New Caledonia   In 2000 I realized that the new millennium marked the end of my 15 year series of experiments in how to change the behaviour of communities to improve the health of our planet. I was 60 years old and I knew that for the next 8 years the planet would be in the "dark ages of the Fossil Fuel Cartel" as far as environmental improvement was concerned (turns out the fossil fuel cartel is still going strong in 2018).  I didn't feel like doing more useless reports and studies for the UN and the experiments on getting ...