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by Charley PiringiIn Koror, Palau The Director of the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), Jonathan Tafiariki, has urged Solomon Islanders to take extra precautions as the country enters another cyclone season. Mr. Tafiariki reminded the public to stay alert and follow official early warning systems issued through the national broadcaster…
by Georgina  Maka’a Nukufero began as a small land grant in the 1950s, given to a few Tikopia settlers who were to live and work on Russell Islands. The plot named Nukufero was created for a simple purpose: to settle and tend to the Russell Islands Coconut Plantation, then owned by…
by Charley Piringi In Koror, Palau The Solomon Islands will soon establish a provincial humanitarian warehouse in Auki, Malaita Province, as part of a regional effort to boost disaster preparedness across the Pacific. The project is part of the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program, one of the key agendas at the…
by Charley Piringi In Koror, Palau Pacific Island leaders, ministers, and disaster officials have convened in Palau this week for the Second Pacific Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Ministers Meeting, a high-level regional dialogue aimed at strengthening political leadership and collective action on disaster and climate resilience. Palau Vice President and…
Opening the inaugural Panatina Research Seminar this week, Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice-Chancellor PROFESSOR TRANSFORM AQORAU shared a personal reflection that sets out the tone for the day’s event: I would like to share a personal reflection that, to me, underlines why our theme and this seminar are so important. Two…
by Charley Piringi In Koror, Palau Solomon Islands Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Hon. Polycarp Paea, is in Palau this week attending the Second Pacific Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Ministers Meeting, joining regional leaders in a high-level dialogue to strengthen political leadership and collective action on…
by Charley Piringi, In Koror, Palau Journalists and Communication officers from across the Pacific have gathered in Palau this week for a regional Media Masterclass, held alongside the Second Pacific Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Ministerial Meeting, which is opening tomorrow. The five-day masterclass aims to strengthen collaboration between the media,…
Climate Change and Mining Threaten Livelihoods of Wagina villagers by Charley Piringi For the people of Wagina, a small Micronesian community at the eastern end of Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands, the ocean is not just a part of life; it’s a living. Villagers, of Kiribati descent, have parlayed their traditional…
The Swiss-based climate protection foundation—have just returned home from a visit to the Solomon Islands last month where they met with landowners, government representatives and project coordinators, and visited the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project in Choiseul. myclimate is a major buyer of the Babatana credits generated from Sirebe’s and Siporae’s forest conservation…
There’s a strong need for urgent and effective planning and response to climate change adaptation efforts to protect vulnerable communities from sea level rise and coastal erosion. That’s one of the key findings of a recent audit by the Solomon Islands Office of the Auditor General into national Climate Change…
