By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands is getting a positive message from the new Australian Labor government to help tackle climate change here and in the Pacific. Most countries in the Pacific including Solomon Islands are vulnerable to climate change like…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands Infrastructure Programme (SIIP) is considering impacts of climate change as high priority in its design for projects. Tony Telford, infrastructure management leader in Hub confirmed this during the media breakfast event at Heritage Park Hotel…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki A NEW agreement will be signed soon between WorldFish and Malaita Provincial Fisheries Office (MPFO), and the Malaita Provincial Government. MPFO said the new agreement will replace the one they signed with Worldfish five years ago.…
Council says it’s a big issue to tackle BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO HONIARA City Council (HCC) says managing wastes within the city is becoming a major challenge as the population continues to increase. City Clerk Justus Denni admitted this a…
BY BEN BILUAGizo PLASTIC WISE Gizo has been identified as a local NGO to pilot rubbish recycling in the country. The project is funded by the government of Australia through Strongim Bisnis program. Founder and Chair of Plastic Wise Gizo,…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI A new spider species was recently discovered inside the Ahetaha Water Conservation Association (AWCA) area in East Are’Are. The species was found during a two-days terrestrial species baseline survey carried out from 11th to 13th May…
A two-day training on gender analysis targeted towards Sustainable Forest Resource Management (SFRM) was completed yesterday in Honiara. Gender Expert, Dr Atsuko Nonoguchi under the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Sustainable Forest Resource Management (SFRM) Project facilitated the training with…
BY BEN BILUAGizo This year’s Coral Triangle Day theme is “Sustaining the Coral Triangle Ecosystem through Blue Economy” and this aligned with the international UN World Ocean Day which calls for Revitalization of Collective Action for the Ocean. Representative of…
Schuijl produces documentary about Ontong Java BY ALFRED PAGEPITU A feature-length documentary on Ontong Java, in the Malaita Outer Islands, whose inhabitants continue to live under existential threats of climate change has been released. Two filmakers from Europe who visited…
The Ministry of Forestry and Research (MOFR) received video conferencing equipment donated by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. With this facility being installed, MOFR will be able to efficiently conduct meetings with other ministry colleagues as well…
