“EFFECTIVE climate services facilitate decisions that will reduce the impacts of climate-related disasters, improved food security, health outcome, and water resource management” This statement was made by Dr. Melchior Mataki Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster…
BY LESLEY FOINAGWA ISLES MEDIA FREELANCE REPORTER IN MALAITA WARD 28 in West Kwaio constituency, Malaita province is determined to continue with their reforestation project to replace trees in areas where logging operations have damaged. The Mahogany tree reforestation project…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THIS year’s World Tsunami Awareness Day is scheduled for celebrations in Honiara tomorrow, according to the Principal Communication Officer of the National Disaster Management Office. The event will be held at the National Disaster Management Office at…
BY JEREMY GWAO Teue Sito, a 30 year old seaweed farmer from Wagina Island in Solomon Islands, works over 12 hours everyday in her family’s farm, ensuring that their seaweeds are safe until they can be sold. But lately their product…
AMBASSADOR Moses Kouni Mose has received interest from Sunnyside Ventures Pvt which is currently based in the Middle East & North Africa Region. SunnySide is a sustainability solutions start-up with a team of professionals who have been working on Renewable…
THE Solomon Islands Meteorological Services is simplifying the technical language used in weather forecasts and warnings in collaboration with NGOs to help local communities prepare for disaster events. A new Tropical Cyclone Tracking Map, using a simple coordinate grid, was…
AS we close in on our yearly cyclone season (November to April) the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) is putting together plans to inform the general public of safety measures to ensure damage to properties, and possible loss of lives…
Former Miss Solomon Islands and a passionate climate change activist, Gladys Habu recently delivered a plea for hope to Pacific leaders who had gathered for the Environment Ministers’ High-Level talanoa, which was held on the curtails of the 30th SPREP…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MINISTER of Mines and Energy and Rural Electrification and Member of Parliament for South East Guadalcanal, Honourable Bradley Tovosia has termed the Tina Hydro Development Project as a privilege for the people of Central Guadalcanal. In his…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU HONOURABLE Premier of Guadalcanal Province, Francis Sade has hailed the recent official partnership signing of the 4-year multi-million dollar Tina Hydro Development Project initiative. The SBD1.5 billion and 15 Mega Watt renewable energy project on Tina River,…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU TA’ARUTONA village in the lagoon of West Are ‘are, Malaita province is now faced with an extreme threat from sea-level rise, a resident of the low lying island, Nelson Kohia told Environment Media. “As I rest in…
Three customary landholding groups in Masupa Village in the East ‘Are’are region of Malaita Province received their certificates of land recording completion in a hand-over ceremony today. The certificates were handed over by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey, under the…