BY JOHN HOUANIHAU MANITA Youth Farm in Makira Ulawa Province last week marked the birth of their Association on July 19. “We marked the one-year anniversary of the association on 19 July,” Facilitator and coordinator, Donnis Ramogetea confirmed to Environment…
A review on the National Agriculture and Livestock policy gets underway at the B-17 Dive resort, Northwest Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province starting today Tuesday 26 July 2022. The 2 days national review saw the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) bring…
BY MYRNE LIVETT Green grow investment based in the Malango area of Central Guadalcanal is the first rural-based Agri-business in Central Guadalcanal with a single focus on reaching one of the common end products of cocoa, Chocolate. Owner of (GGI)…
THE Chairman of the Gold Ridge Community and Landowners Association [GRCLC], Mr Dick Douglas has called on his people residing in the mining leased areas to vacate and return to their villages. Douglas was speaking during an awareness program to…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare launched the Solomon Islands Renewable Energy Roadmap on Friday 22 July – announcing major reforms in the energy sector in the areas of policy, legislation, regulation, institutional, financial, and management arrangements. The new Roadmap provides the…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU ON the 11th of May 2022 a survey team was dispatched to the Ahetaha Conservation area at East Are’ Are in Malaita Province. Project Coordinator and Solomon Islands Ranger Association General Secretary Edward Huitarau told the Environment…
BY MYRNE LIVETT RURAL FARMERS in Central Guadalcanal have called on political leaders, government leaders, Chiefs and educated leaders in the community to help cocoa farmers in the villages by boosting agri-business at the community level. Lemuel Bobby and Elihu…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE Ahetaha Communities in East Are ‘are Malaita Province will host a handing-over ceremony on 29 July at Ahetaha Water Conservation in Manawai Harbour. The day was earmarked by these villagers to mark and commemorate the milestone…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PURPOSE of the marine conservation (Coral reef) at Northeast Small-Ngella, Belagha Village, said to be managed for five years is all about giving back to the ‘Church’. Since forefathers to when Christianity was introduced, people have been…
A delegation of Lenders flew into Honiara last week, marking the first face-to-face supervisedLenders’ mission for the Tina River Hydropower Development Project before COVID-19 andthe closing of international borders. Representatives from the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Korea…
A rapid biodiversity assessment conducted for the Ahetaha water conservation association (AWCA) in Malaita Includes New Species records. The Ahetaha Water Conservation Association (AWCA) is an area cushioned into the Manawai harbor at East Are ‘Are in Malaita Province. The…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) was launched in Tulagi Ngella, Central Island province recently, according to Robert Manebona, a CIP spokesperson. Mr Manebona recently told Environment Media Solomon Islands that UNICEF was selected as the primary…