The National Government through Environment and Conservation Division (ECD) of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), has been embarking on training workshops with stakeholders to ensure proper monitoring, compliance and enforcement of the three Environment…
BY MYRNE LIVETT KASTOM GARDEN Association’s (CGA) backbone, the Pacific Islands Rural Agriculture Stimulus Facility (PIRAS) Project has lapsed last week, August 31st as project implementation reached many rural farmers in Central and Western Provinces. However, KGA according to the…
By Jeremy Gwao/Freelance Reporter Waste management is one of Solomon Island’s priority areas as the host country for the 17th Pacific Games edition, next year. In Honiara, with an almost 80,000 population, waste management is still a challenge. The game’s…
BY MIKE TUA THE U.S. Navy Pacific Partnership 2022, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief team is currently working with the Solomon Islands professionals to help improve the emergency disaster response, planning, management, preparedness, resiliency, and capacity in the country. U.S. Navy Pacific…
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) said that it will lift the moratorium on the fisheries observer coverage in the region by January 2023. In a Circular Memo in June, WCPFC stated that the suspension of fisheries observers’…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU IF the Solomon Islands want to mount a good case of loss and damage due to climate change effects at the Climate Change Conference, very good credible data is paramount says Dr. Morgan Wairiu, the Acting Director…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU DR. Morgan Wairiu has urged Solomon Islanders to start writing climate change stories in international journals. Dr. Wairiu who also has a broad knowledge of Pacific regions’ environment and development issues including Government structures and systems both…
BY MIKE TUA HOSPITAL ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Veterinary Personnel are currently been working closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and together they have developed a very robust program to address some of the agriculture and veterinary…
EAST Malaita Constituency (EMC) has commenced initial discussions with Aluta Basin landowning tribes on the national government’s proposal towards establishing rice farming for interested farmers within the Aluta Basin in Malaita Province. In a meeting held at Tatali growth center…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU GUADALCANAL medical doctor who has 40 hectares of farm, dedicated to farming cassava and potatoes wants everyone to know his farm also promotes the health benefits of cassava eating. Managing Director of Sape farm, Dr. Paulson Bosawai…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE catastrophic impacts of climate change in the Solomon Islands have a dire effect on the livelihood of people living with disability in the country says People with Disability Solomon Islands Country Manager, Casper Fa’asala. Casper Fa’asala…
The Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology and Ministry of Health, The Honiara City Council and JICA has concluded its final Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting of the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for…