Environment

BY GEORGINA KEKEA INCREASING settlements and development of land along the Tenaru strip of area has raised concern among Guadalcanal people alike. For quite some time, there has been discussions in social media on this particular...

BY JARED KOLI A Fisheries Ordinance is being drafted for Guadalcanal Province which is expected to give way to increased activity in fishery/aquaculture undertakings in the province. Guadalcanal Province Premier Francis Sade echoed this during the...

By EDDIE OSIFELO PARTICIPANTS of the Grant proposal writing workshop that focused on Climate Change and Climate Finance Access are preparing for a writeshop on September 13. This is after the 26 participants on-venue and 25...

By EDDIE OSIFELO HONIARA City Council is still to make any progress on the issue of climate change to date. This is after former City Mayor, Wilson Mamae declared a Climate Emergency on behalf of Honiara...

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MARINE and coastal areas are known as one of the attractive environmental zones which foreign aid and research invested in that benefit Solomon Islands. The National Marine Ecosystem Service Valuation report of...

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO VILLAGERS in the Western province are worried about the imminent threat that the growing population of the Crown of Thorns starfish I having on the environment. NGOs, business partners, tourism operators, communities together...

BY ELLISON.T.VAHI THE Pacific Environment Journalist Network officially launched a network that will act as a platform for the exchange of stories and news content on environment issues in the Pacific. During the launching of the...

BY IRWIN ANGIKI There needs to be more representation of Pacific island countries and territories (PICT) at the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), a recent survey has found. The IPCC is the scientific body which...

By Ezekiel Talatau THE Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management, Dr Melchior Mataki thanked Barana community and the Guadalcanal province supporting SPREP’s initiative to create a nature community park. He said...

By Gary Hatigeva THE government has in the last two years suspended a total of 33 licences of logging operations within the country, the Minister of Forest and Research, Samuel Manetoali told parliament. In its resumption,...