Use of plastic bag to be banned soon
BY BEN BILUA
THE use of plastic bags is expected to be banned soon as government begins tough measures on waste management.
Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Titus Fika made the announcement...
FAO support SIG addressing negative impacts on forestry and climate change
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA
THE Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been working with the Solomon Islands Government on ways to sustainably manage our forest.
In an inception workshop with Guadalcanal provincial leaders on Wednesday 23...
Gov’t supports UNESCO Convention deal
By EDDIE OSIFELO
SOLOMON Islands Government has totally supported the move to ratify the 2001 UNESCO Convention.
Director of Culture, Dennis Marita confirmed this during the opening of the second UNESCO 2001 Underwater Culture Heritage (UCH)...
Call for action on Climate change
PACIFIC Civil Society Calls on Vanuatu’s Prime Minister to take an ambitious stand on Climate Change at the upcoming Pacific Island Forum Meeting
At this week’s Pacific Climate Justice Summit, attended by hundreds of NGOs...
Anywhere under the sun
Future is here with Solar computers made available for rural users
THE lack of access to computers in rural communities has forced a local entrepreneur to invest in providing cheap and accessible solar powered computers...
East Kwaio now graces international web pages
By Alfred Sasako
THE name East Kwaio carries a stigma in Solomon Islands. Despite its rich cultural roots and unique way of preserving their way of living over many years, not many people appreciate the...
Vura begins talks on UNDP Climate Adaptation Project
Following the signing ofa Climate Change and Adaptation Project with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in February 2021, Vura Ward has proceeded on with consultations...
REDD+ awareness reaches out to Isabel
REDD+ Solomon Islands, a programme led by the Ministry of Forest and Research (MoFR) has reached out to Isabel province, raising awareness and informing the rural communities of the initiative.
REDD+ is an international climate...
Black-listed logger ordered out of Ngella
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
A sub-contractor linked with a logging company blacklisted for its history of non-compliance with the business licence of the Central Province has been asked to leave its operations in the Mboli passage...
PM orders probe
Prime Minister’s office orders investigation into logging of government land
By Alfred Sasako
THE Management of Mbahumea logging company is calling for urgent police investigation into why the Commissioner of Forest, Reeves Moveni, issued a felling...