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By Charlie Piringi | 𝕏 @cpiringi7 Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says most Pacific leaders believe Japan has been holding back on crucial data that are central to its controversial release of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. While appreciating Japan’s transparency in sharing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
By Georgina Makaa |@MakaaGina Japan’s Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki, has expressed disappointment regarding Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s recent statement at the United Nations General Assembly. Sogavare had urged Japan to explore alternative solutions for its treated nuclear wastewater and to immediately cease its discharge into the Pacific…
By Georgina Maka’a AS Japan begun its gradual release of treated nuclear waste-water into the Pacific Ocean, Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare reiterated his government’s strong stance against the decision. Arriving back from the 22nd Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders meeting in Vanuatu on Monday, Sogavare said the MSG leadership condemned the action of…
Twelve undergraduate students from The University of Queensland (UQ) have come away with new learnings and life-changing experiences following their visit to the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project on Choiseul Island last month. Over two weeks, the students witnessed successful local efforts to preserve rainforests, enhance local livelihoods, and link with the global…
by Bobby Anderson In the years following the 1998-2003 ethnic tensions in Solomon Islands, the World Bank assisted the Solomon Islands government in planning a project to support rural communities. This resulted in the Rural Development Program (RDP), a community-driven development intervention that captured community needs and delivered small-scale infrastructure, access to services, and…
The forest carbon project can provide an alternative to logging in a critical ecosystem at Marovo Lagoon. Community members from Lupa Vangunu are engaging in a series of talks following years of dispute over a shared vision for sustainable development for their forests and people. An approved logging development for 1,500…
RAROTONGA (Radio NZ) – The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair Mark Brown says the planned release of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean cannot be a breach of the Rarotonga Treaty as it’s a controlled release and not a dump. The Treaty commits the Pacific to being nuclear free, and bans the dumping…
Students from the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia will visit the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project in Choiseul this month to learn from the Babatana tribes about what makes a successful forest carbon project. The experience and knowledge of customary landowners participating in the Babatana project has become an inspiration for other communities and…
In-depth Solomons’ investigative journalist Charley Piringi has won a Pacific media award for his reporting on mining in Guadalcanal. Piringi, a co-founder of In-depth Solomons, a recently established online news outlet pursuing investigative journalism in the Solomon Islands, won the SPREP Best Environment story award. The inaugural Pasifika Environews Awards…
by Ofani Eremae When Malaysian logger Richard Kong Sing Ngea pleaded guilty in December 2020 to the illegal harvesting of Tubi trees in Solomons’ Isabel Province, tribal leader Wilson Tohidi was thrilled. Ngea’s admittance of guilt, Tohidi believes, should prompt the Solomon Islands Government to seize the illegally felled logs…
