BY JOHN CHRISMA – FREELANCE JOURNALIST LOCAL cash crop farmers from the New Zealand Camp, Bloody Ridge Community of Central Guadalcanal are currently very worried over the continuing unstable rainy pattern which severely affected their garden produce over the past…
BY AGNES MENANOPO ACCORDING to a study by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, Disaster Management (MECDM), South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB), as of 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019, Solomon Islands have waste made up…
BY JOY OFASIA YOUNG Women Christian Association (YWCA) has recognized the importance and opportunities for its members to protect the environment by turning waste into useful products. Women and young girls have now work on cycling paper and fabric, and…
BY TAVAKE SIMON HANA’AROA WITH the recent launch of the New Oceans Policy on Monday, Prince Charles took to the podium in applauding the national government for their good work by creating a policy that would safeguard the marine ecosystem…
BY TAVAKE SIMON HANA’AROA FOLLOWING his short visit to the national parliament on Monday, the Prince of Wales made a remarkable speech before the house on environment and biodiversity. He said the Solomon Islands are blessed with astonishingly high levels…
THE Arnavons Community Marne Park (ACMP) Management Committee had its final board meeting for this year in Honiara. On Friday 23rd November, the board consists of eight community representatives, The Nature Conservancy Country Director (Willie Atu) and ACMP Coordinator had…
DATA from Solomon Islands National Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock reported an estimated agricultural value of SBD$21.5 million was incurred due to the impacts of climatic change and natural disasters nationwide. The substantial…
BY AGNES MENANOPO KOLOALE Community High School has currently engaged with the plastic waste management project initiated by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through its Waste Management Innovation Initiative. The initiative which aims to improve and encourage waste management…
BY AGNES MENANOPO LOCAL aspiring beauty pageant contestant, Ms. Tiare Haro has underlined her strongest ambitions to advocate on the relevant issues affecting women and climate change in the Solomon Islands. Miss Super Star Corporation, Ms. Haro confirmed that her…
BY AGNES MENANOPO GUADALCANAL Provincial Government leaders have acknowledged the efforts made towards the completion and launching of the Barana Nature and Heritage Park and Environment and Resilience Centre at Barana Community. Supervising Provincial Secretary, Timothy Ngele said these initiatives…
BY AGNES MENANOPO WITH the goal of promoting reducing plastic waste, the Saint Nicholas College in Honiara is participating in waste management innovation initiative’s schools rethinking plastic trial. The 10-week trial is testing refundable-fee scheme and discount scheme interventions…
BY STONGIM BISNIS THE Australian Government initiative Strongim Bisnis joined an Australian High Commission delegation on a field visit to Biosecurity Solomon Islands’ (BSI) facilities in and around Honiara on 24th July. The Australian delegation was headed by His…