Environment

ILLEGAL LOGGING

Harvesting and exporting of prohibited Vitex trees reported in West Are’are Lagoon BY SAMIE WAIKORI Locals in the West Are’are lagoon have reported that a logging company is harvesting prohibited Vitex tree species and exporting them as round logs. The…

WE ARE NET ZERO

Preliminary report findings indicate Solomon Islands achieving main goal against climate change BY IRWIN ANGIKI Solomon Islands has already reached net-zero status in its emitting and absorption of carbon. While this is yet to be made official, findings from the…

BIG ONES BLAMED

PM Sogavare hits out at huge global emitting countries, bringing climate change to Parliament BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has blamed the “big countries” for the causes and effects of climate change on small countries like Solomon Islands.…