BY JOHN HOUANIHAU SOLOMON Islands capital, Honiara is expected to generate its primary energy from off-grid renewable energy by 2030. “So back in 2019, Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had worked closely with the Ministry of Mines and Energy with…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU CLIMATE finance is an important topic in the overall climate change space, according to the National Program Coordinator and Head of the Project Coordination Management Unit of the Ministry of Environment Climate Change & Disaster Management, Barnabas…
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…
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…
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…
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…