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Project Snapshot - Solomon Islands

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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The predominant waste management solution offered in the Solomon Islands is landfilling, and recent audits suggest over half of all the waste to landfill is organic in nature and able to be composted rather landfilled. A large amount of the remaining materials are recyclable - meaning the design and implementation of diversion projects could significantly reduce the amount of waste to landfill. As such, the Solomon Islands Government seeks to focus the PacWastePlus investment to design and implement an organic processing system to manage organic waste, and will commence this work through the collection and processing of all organic wastes generated at the Gizo Market

Solomon Islands 2021 - Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

Environmental Governance, Climate Change Resilience

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In its first NDC, Solomon Islands has committed to reduce emissions by 12% below 2015 level by 2025 and 30% below 2015 level by 2030 compared to a business-as-usual projection (BaU). However with international assistance Solomon Islands can further reduce its emissions by 27% by 2025; and 45% by 2030. This would make the overall reduction by Solomon Islands more than 50% by 2050.

Solomon islands : resumption of traditional drive-hunts in 2013

Biodiversity Conservation

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Bakes, C.S

Leqata, J

Oremus, M

Dolphin hunts used to be widely spaced out but scale of hunting increased enormously in the 60's for unknown reasons.

Dugong conservation in Solomon islands

Biodiversity Conservation

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Hurutarau, Josef

Improved information and data on seagrass and dugong through CMS questionnaires, mapping and awareness raising. Some places dugongs are revered tribal totems and have cultural stories attached to them. As such they are not eaten.

Assessment of Legislative Frameworks Governing Waste Management in the Solomon Islands.

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Responsibilities for waste and environmental management exist within a range of legislation and regulations, but no single point of control exists to regulate planning and operation. An analysis of the main national waste situation has been undertaken in the National Waste Management and Pollution Control Strategy 2017-2026.

Mapping of the Private Sector Activities Related to Climate Chnage Adaptation and Mitigation in Solomon Islands

Climate Change Resilience

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This report was commissioned by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat at the request of the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The purpose was to provide a foundation for strengthening private sector engagement with the public sector and to provide guidance for its members about international financing opportunities for climate change adaptation and mitigation activities.

Apparent absence of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in frogs in Malaita Province, Solomon Islands

Biodiversity Conservation

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Alabai, Maasafi

Esau, Tommy

Kekeubata, Esau

et al

A major driver of global biodiversity loss is disease. One of the most devastating wildlife diseases known is chytridimycosis, which is caused by amphibian chytrid fungus.

Asian Development Bank Member Factsheet - Solomon Islands

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The country’s economy experienced a significant contraction because of the coronavirus disease pandemic, though a fragile recovery is underway with prospects resting largely on opportunities in mining, agriculture, fishing, and tourism.

Coral reef conservation in Solomon Islands : Overcoming the policy implementation gap

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Hughes, A

Jupiter, S

et al.

van der Ploeg, J

This policy analysis identifies threats to coral reefs, evaluates the effectiveness of the existing legal framework to address these threats and formulates recommendations to strengthen community-based natural resource management in Solomon Islands coral reefs of crucial importance for food security and rural livelihoods in the archipelago. Logging is a major yet often overlooked threat to coral reefs in the country. Large-scale logging operations cause massive erosion, which has a detrimental effect on water quality. The shipping accidents oil pollution and uncontrolled construction of log pond associated with the logging industry also have a significant impact on coastal ecosystems.

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PacWastePlus country profile snapshot - Solomon Islands

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Made up of 347 inhabited islands, 997 in total, the Solomon Islands has a land area of 30,407 km2 located in the Melanesia region of the South Pacific. The nations exclusive economic zone covers an oceanic area of approximately 1,340,000 km2. The capital of Solomon Islands is Honiara, home to 13% of the 680,806 population.

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