Employees of the Environment and Conservation Division within the environment ministry have confiscated 109 Santa Cruz Ground-doves from wildlife exporters after an attempt to smuggle them out of the country last year.
“Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep … ”. The piercing drone of my phone alarm swirled around our bungalow –a sound you’re not supposed to hear when you’re on holiday.
Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare has arrived in Honolulu Hawaii ahead of the World Conservation Congress. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) congress begins today.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Photo credit: OPMC. Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has today left the country to attend the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
As sea turtle pick seasons gets underway from June to August local rangers from Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area (ACMCA) have taken the initiative to help the nesting sea turtles in cleaning up its beaches.
Coastal communities in Ata’a, North Malaita, will soon engage in mangrove planting as part of keeping their mangroves ecosystem. The community members were trained and informed on matters relating to climate change, food security and other related issues.
Ata’a communities in North Malaita have received 47 easy-to-use cooking stoves yesterday. Thanks to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) “Strogem Waka lo Community for Kaikai” (SWoCK) project for making this possible.
Solomon Islanders have a duty to the generations that follow. These are the words of the United States Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and PNG, His Excellency Walter North who is in the country.
Current logging activities on Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal has prompted concern for marine conservation areas there. A Philip Hauraha told SIBC News, there are two logging companies currently operating in Ward 12, Marau Sound.
The Lake Tengano World Heritage Site Association is calling on the new government to give urgent attention to the status of Lake Tengano, East of the Rennell Islands.
Tubi is a prohibited species under the Forest Resources and Timber Utilization (protected species) Regulations 2012. A media statement sanctioned by the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Forests and the Attorney-General’s Chamber states, pursuant to the Protected Species Regulations, any felling…
Solomon Islands Cabinet has already agreed to lift the beche-de-mer harvest ban during discussions in July this year, well-placed government sources told the Solomon Star.
The East Rennell World Heritage Management Committee has described as “false” claims that East Rennell was de-listed as a World Heritage site. The Committee was responding to statements made by Renbell Premier Lence Tango, who claimed the area was de-listed due to threats from mining and logging…
Zinoa Marine Conservation Area in Choiseul Province has gained international recognition from an international panel of experts during the World Coral Reef Conference in Indonesia this week.
The Nation’s first Coral Triangle Initiative Women’s Leadership Award winner Moira Dasipio says Solomon Islands Communities need to work together to create larger marine conservation areas.
