By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Forest and Research will issue licence to out growers and plantation owners this year. Permanent Secretary, Vaeno Vigulu confirmed this when asked by Member of Parliament for East Makira, Lilly Mafane in the Public Accounts…
A JOINT one-day consultation meeting co-hosted by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and World Fish for people of Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) has concluded with all parties agreeing to work together to develop a management plan for sea…
BY BEN BILUA WESTERN Province Head of Divisions, Administration and WWF have spent the last two days looking at areas where they can complement each other to deliver effective services. Workshop Facilitator, Peter Ramo said WWF based in Gizo for…
By EDDIE OSIFELO PEOPLE quarantined for 14 days are generating an estimated 32 tonnes of solid wastes during their time in quarantine. These normally increase when a person spends more than 14 days in the centre. Ministry of Environment, Climate…
By EDDIE OSIFELO PERMANENT Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Dr Melchior Mataki has proposed three pillars in helping the environment during this COVID-19 pandemic. These include safeguards, internal resilience and focus on other…
By EDDIE OSIFELO The more than 70,000 metric tonnes of nickel ores lying idle on San Jorge, Isabel province doesn’t pose any high risk to human lives. Director of Mines, Nicholas Biliki revealed this to journalists during the reporting workshop…
By EDDIE OSIFELO The more than 70,000 metric tonnes of nickel ores lying idle on San Jorge, Isabel province does not pose any high risk to human lives. Director of Mines, Nicholas Biliki revealed this to journalists during the reporting…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU There is lack of priority given to environmental management by stakeholders involved in natural resource extraction in the Solomon Islands. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment Dr Melchior Mataki highlighted this in a workshop last week. Mataki said…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Journalists have been trained in reporting on extractive industries and endemic species in Solomon Islands. This was during a three-day workshop last week in Honiara. This workshop is jointly organised by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU ABOUT 10 local Journalists including five journalism students undertaking media studies at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) have attended a three days training workshop for journalists reporting on the Extractive Industries and Endemic species in the…
