Review of natural resource and environment related legislation : Solomon Islands
Environment related legislation reviewAvailable onlineCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 20 p. ; 29 cm
Formalising protected areas in Solomon Islands.
BIOPAMA inception meeting. June, 2018Available online|Powerpoint presentationCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 10 p
Solomon Islands State of Environment Report 2008
The report was commissioned at the end of May 2008 with delivery of the final product by end June 2008. As such, it has been
researched and written over a very compressed timeline. Considerable shortcomings and inconsistencies in data
needed to be tackled in this period, and so a rapid desk assessment approach was used with limited opportunity for peer review and feedback.Available online|1 copyCall Number: 333.72 PAC ,[EL]Physical Description: 97 p.
Solomon Islands national capacity self assessment : combined cross-cutting assessment
A healthy environment is paramount to the well being and security of Solomon Islanders and with approximately 85 percent of the population relying on a subsistence lifestyle, sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity is critical. Loss of biodiversity and environmental services can lead to hunger, poverty, disease and conflict and is a threat to the internal security of Solomon Islands.
Community marine conservation area, the Arnavon islands, Solomon islands : project preparation document (PPD)
In 1981, the Isabel provincial government first recognized the importance of the Arnavon Islands as a nesting ground for Hawksbill turtles, and designated the islands as a Wildlife
Sanctuary. At that time, however, the government did not adequately recognize the local communities' rights and the project failed. In 1989, the South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme (SPREP) collaborated with the Solomon Islands government and the Ministry of Natural Resources (now the Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Conservation or MFEC) to
Abundance of commercially important species of invertebrates, fish and the status of coral health in community based marine protected areas in Gela, Central Province, Solomon Islands
The sites at Sandfly in Gela, Central Province were established over a three year period (three sites in 2004, two sites in 2005 and one site in 2007) after a series of workshops on good governance and marine resource awareness raising under the coral gardens project which was implemented by SIDT, ECANSI and Fisheries Division of the Solomon Islands government with funding from SPREP through FSPI. The sites are all community owned although two of them are owned and operated by resort owners who are indigenous residents of Gela
Available online
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Inshore fisheries resources of Solomon Islands
Despite the large number of islands within its Exclusive Economic Zone, Solomon Islands has a relatively limited amount of coral reef to support inshore marine fisheries. The nation's population is growing rapidly and continues to depend heavily on inshore marine resources, particularly finfish, for subsistence. In the past decade, there have been substantial exports of bêche-de-mer
Stimulating investment in Pearl farming in Solomon Islands : report 1. Past research and development on blacklip pearl oysters in Solomon Islands
Information currently available from Solomon Islands on blacklip pearl oysters(Pinctada margaritifera) and their potential culture comes from three main sources; records of past exploitation, occasional resource surveys that have included blacklip pearl oysters; and research on culture of blacklip oysters in Solomon Islands. Statistics on past exploitation are limited to export tonnage and value collected by the Statistics
GEF National capacity self assessment project, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD): Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is emerging from four turbulent years (1999 - 2003) of an ethnic crisis with a very weak economy, a rapidly growing population and a government system struggling to cope with the delivery of basic services. The country's people are
custodians to globally significant terrestrial and marine biodiversity that is at risk of being over-exploited and lost due to uncontrolled and unsustainable development activities. In recognition of the importance of environmental management and
