The National Government has invited all eligible consultant services to send their submissions to undertake an aquatic baseline survey to surrounding rivers connected to Metapona River System in Central Guadalcanal.
The Premier of Central Islands Province Selwyn Mapuli has called on ship owners across the country not to anchor any old vessels in the Tulagi harbour. Premier Mapuli made the call following a number of sunken boats within the Tulagi harbour boundary.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has decided not to attend his two remaining trips for this year as Parliament is still in session. The trips are the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting -CHOGM which will be held in Malta and the Conference of Parties 21 (COP 21), which will be held next month…
The Environment and Conservation Parliamentary Committee has completed a series of consultation meetings for its important key stakeholders over the weekend.
Forestry industry watchdog, the Solomon Forests Association (SFA) has supported the move by the National Government to clean up the industry. A statement from SFA said it has been advocating this since the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government came into power last year, but is long…
The Department of Environment has licensed Gold Ridge Mining Limited (GRML) to release untreated water from its tailings dam. This is to reduce potential danger posed by uncontrolled spills of contaminated water in heavy rains.
Financial constraints have hampered the community awareness process to reduce waste along the Mataniko River. Under the Mataniko River Clean-up Rehabilitation Program, community awareness is among components to clean up the river. This is to inform communities on reducing litter into the river.
The Ministry of Environment and Conservation have recorded plastics are the highest marine debris found along the Mataniko river. The finding was revealed after a 60 meters litter boom to trap marine debris and wastes were installed across the Mataniko river.
The Ministry of Environment and Conservation and the Gold Ridge Mining Limited GRML have agreed to discharge the level of untreated water in the Gold Ridge Tailing dam within 47 consecutive days.
The Ministry of Environment and Conservation and the National Disaster Management Council will soon issue a licence to the Gold Ridge Mine Limited (GRML) to begin lowering the level of water in the Gold Ridge tailing dam.
People of Ravu, along the Gold Ridge downstream communities, are concerned over threats of de-watering the Gold Ridge Tailings Dam Storage Facility. A Timothy Urobo told SIBC News, the process of de-watering the tailings dam poses a threat for the downstream communities.
A 60-meter litter boom to trap marine debris and wastes will be installed across the Mataniko river in Honiara tomorrow. The litter boom is part of a pilot project from the Ministry of Environment in Collaboration with the Secretariat of the PacificRegional Environment Program SPREP to analyse and…
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology has successfully launched a new water supply system project in Duidui in Sahalu in Northwest Guadalcanal.
A one day summit on the role of the ocean in the development of the country was held in Honiara today. The summit’s discussions will go towards an Ocean Management Policy which will be part of the Government’s 20 year National Development Plan.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management, Conservation and Meteorology is pursuing strategic works on its major national programs and projects for sound environmental management and sustainable development plans.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology has successfully launched its 2015-2017 Corporate Plan and Human Resources Development Strategic Plan.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology will launch its 2015-2017 Corporate Plan and Human Resources Development Strategic Plan today. The launch will be held at the ministry’s headquarters at Vavaya Ridge in Honiara.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology has three important days to commemorate next month. They are the World Environment Day, to be commemorated on 5th June; World Oceans Day and Coral Triangle Day on 9th June and World Biodiversity Day, which usually…
“Waste management is a good indicator of how a society is functioning” says the Permanent Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology.
A Gold Ridge landowning tribe has come out against the Deed of Sale for the mines saying it does not accept it. Chair of the Kolobisi Gold Ridge Landowners Association, Primo Amosae has also denied any involvement with the new developer for Gold Ridge mine – the Gold Ridge Community Investment…
