Fishing As A Daily Job
90 percent of the total population in the country live in the rural areas, areas close to the sea same as Paul and fishing is part of their lives and one of the main source of nutrients. Isles Media interviews…
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Farming the ‘Aquatic Chicken’
This is an interview with Maxwell Ham, a Tilapia Farmer in Northwest Guadalcanal. Mr Maxwell Ham has been farming and breeding Tilapia for more than 3 years now in Aruligo, Northwest Guadalcanal. Environmental Media caught up with him recently at…
Environmental Laws Enforcement and Compliance training for Guadalcanal Province
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…
Kastom Garden’s PIRAS Project Lapsed, Farmers Greatly Benefited
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…
Waste Management Prioritized as SOL2023 Pacific Games Looms
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…
Pacific Partnership Mission Aims to Enhance the Solomon Islands Disaster Relief Response
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…
Pacific fisheries observers’ deployment to resume in January 2023
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’…
Solomon Islands Need Credible Data to Address Its Climate Loss and Damages
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…
Solomon Islanders Urged to Write Climate Change Stories in International Journals
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…
Pacific Partnership Veterinary Personnel Here to Assist Local Farmers
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 Embarks On Rice Project
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…
Guadalcanal Doctor and Farmer Says They Grow Cassava for Health Benefits
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…