BY ALFRED PAGEPITU HAVE you witnessed changes in the environment in your community? Would you like to share your observations to create evidence-based science and tackle climate change in Solomon Islands? Head to Facebook and join the “Solomon Islands: Environment”…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO WHILST women leaders in the country are battling to have reserved seats for women at the political level through Temporary Special Measures (TSM), a report revealed there is a large information gap on TSM with very…
BY SAMIE WAIKORIAUKI REPRESENTATIVE members of various conservation groups in Are Are and Kwaio were privileged to learn the Protected Areas Act 2010.This was during a meeting held with two lawyers from Landowners’ Advisory Legal Support Unit (LALSU) under Public…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE remains of heavy machines dumped close to the Earth Movers workshop is posing a threat on the environment at the Ranadi industrial area. Ranadi is regarded as the country’s industrial site where remains of heavy machines,…
THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has issued a statement saying it will not lift the current ban on beche-de-mer fishery. It made its stance clear following reports of illegal beche-de-mer harvesting in some parts of the country. An…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MORE than 70,000 metric tonnes of nickel ores that cost around $171 million (US$20 million) to $256 million (US$30m) in the markets are lying idle on San Jorge, Isabel province. Axiom Mining Limited (AML) which has a…
13 betel nut sellers arrested By Mike Puia THIRTEEN betel nut vendors were arrested and in custody as Honiara City Council (HCC) enforce tough measure against those illegally selling betel nut on the street as of yesterday. The vendors were…
THE reduction in logging activities will put pressure on the government’s ability to earn sufficient foreign exchange to pay for the current levels of imports. This requires the government to focus on developing and strengthening alternative export sectors. The fall…
Logging in Vanikoro harvests trees below legal requirements By Mike Puia UNDERSIZE trees are reportedly logged on Vanikoro in Temotu Province. An eyewitness confirms to Island Sun that the trees are logged by Gallego Resource Limited, an Asian logging…
BY ALFRED PAGEPTU SEA level is rising, while storms are intensifying and seasons are becoming unpredictable. Salt water can reach the lower areas where villagers live and now they have lost trees and coconut trees that supported the coastline. The…
