Articles by Louise Hunt

Louise Hunt is a UK-based freelance journalist and filmmaker, reporting on social justice, international development and environmental issues. Louise has previously lived in the Solomon Islands.

A fatal stabbing sends a Gambian fishing village into turmoil over fishmeal

by Louise Hunt 29 April 2021

Residents of the Gambian coastal town of Sanyang say life has gotten harder since a fishmeal plant set up production in 2017. Growing tensions over unresolved disputes with the factory…

Firewood is being used on a large scale in Kafountine at the fish smoking factories. ©Jason Florio/United Purpose.

Chinese demand and domestic instability are wiping out Senegal’s last forests

by Louise Hunt 5 November 2020

“In the years when logging was not happening, sometimes you did not see the sunlight in the bush because of the tree cover,” said Musa Mballo, a forest protection activist…

Solomon Islands environmental defender faces life sentence for arson charge

by Louise Hunt 18 September 2020

In June, three environmental defenders from the remote island of Nende celebrated their acquittal from arson charges, along with the many supporters who had attended their trial. But the later…

Solomon Islanders imprisoned for trying to stop the logging of their forests

by Louise Hunt 17 May 2019

This is the second story in a two-part series on logging in the Solomon Islands. The first article, which focuses on the country at large and how its governance is…

A new election brings little hope for Solomon Islands’ vanishing forests

by Louise Hunt 17 May 2019

This is the first story in a two-part series on logging in the Solomon Islands. The second article, which focuses on the island of Nende and how residents of one…