WasteAid Facilitates Marine Litter Workshop
BY AGNES MENANOPO WASTE Management Charity Group, WasteAid UK through the Commonwealth Litter Program (CLiP) has recently facilitated a Policy and Action Workshop on Marine Litter on 14 February at the Solomon Islands Development Trust Building in Honiara. The one-day workshop is structured across five pillars of proposed litter interventions: land-based sources, sea-based sources; removal; science and research; and education and outreach. Workshop Facilitator, and WasteAid Chief Executive Officer, Mike…
MoU Signed to Confront Fisheries Sector
BY AGNES MENANOPO THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) and the Solomon Islands National University-Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Studies (SINU-IMFS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen fisheries management in the country. The signing…
Thousands Return Home After Wild Weather
MOST of the about 100,000 people across Solomon Islands affected by wet and windy weather last week have returned home or are being sheltered by other family members. The director of the National Disaster Management Office, Loti Yates, said part…
Waste And Pollution Control Strategy to be Implemented this Year
BY AGNES MENANOPO MINISTRY of Environment is getting its acts together to implement the National Management and Pollution Control Strategy 2017-2026. The implementation of this strategy will begin this year. The date is yet to be disclosed but the carrying…
Oxfam Joins Assessment Efforts to Guadalcanal
OXFAM Solomon Islands have joined assessment teams deployed to Guadalcanal Province this week as disaster response authorities mobilise to reach areas affected by the recent bad weather. Teams have been deployed to visit areas affected in the eastern and western…