PM Sopoaga gives these powerful words to earth’s first-world countries BY CHARLES KADAMANA In Funafuti, Tuvalu THERE is no safe place in the world due to climate change and Tuvalu will not be taking any option of relocation. Relocation…
-No immediate solution to address Honiara’s water cuts -Solomon Water offers mid & long term plans By EDDIE OSIFELO HONIARA’S unbearable water cuts will continue as long as there is rainfall; how long for? No one knows exactly. The stakeholders…
By Alfred Sasako A group of logging companies which exported about 20,000cm3 of round logs in defiance of High Court Orders is planning another large shipment, it was revealed last night. Sources familiar with the arrangement told Island Sun yesterday…
Stop notice issued to logging company, investigation underway By Mike Puia A stop notice has been issued to a logging company operating on the upstream of Kovi and Kungulai water sources as investigation carried out to determine the cause…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THERE is a very real risk that if Solomon Islands does not urgently find ways to adapt to Climate Change. It is reported impacts of climate change on water resources, that the people living in these…
Locals seek compensation for environmental damages BY GEORGINA KEKEA POOR logging practices are again said to cause serious problems for locals in Kolombangara, Western Province. This is less than a month after international not-for-profit organisation Global Witness released a damning…
BY ELLISON VAHI FOR many years the Solomon Islands have had indigenous systems for administering and allocating land and sea resources. Land above water and land that is covered by fresh-water of seawater are one and undivided although with some…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI TEAM from Wai-hau conservation Inc has recently completed a Leatherback turtle scoping trip to Su’u Mapo area in South Malaita. The trip was to protect Leatherbacks in areas in the province reported to have been identified…
BY ELLISON VAHI SOLOMON Islands’ economic base is heavily reliant on and primarily sustained by the exploitation of its natural resources. Unless this is changed, there will always exist a great potential for its environment to be put under pressure…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA LOG ponds along the coast of Guadalcanal are a threat to the coastline and marine life. They also portray a negative image for tourism in the country. An example of such negative development is the log…
