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A canoe of Indigenous design in Colombia. Image by J.J. Javier via Nia Tero.

Indigenous territories & peoples are key to achieving COP16’s 30×30 target (commentary)

Hon. Trevor Mahaga & Ricardo Camilo Niño Izquierdo 18 Oct 2024
oriental pied hornbill

New database unveils the role of Asian hornbills as forest seed dispersers

Carolyn Cowan 15 May 2024

Analysts point to logging and mining to explain Solomon Islands unrest

Rachel Donald 13 Jan 2022
Melanesia tropical fruits

Between land and sea: Agrobiodiversity holds key to health for Melanesian tribes

Carolyn Cowan 6 Dec 2021
Tree measuring

Better logging regulations ‘last best hope’ for Solomon Islands, study says

Carolyn Cowan 23 Jul 2021

Solomon Islands environmental defender faces life sentence for arson charge

Louise Hunt 18 Sep 2020

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

Louise Hunt 17 May 2019

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

Louise Hunt 17 May 2019
Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, where the oil spill occurred. Image courtesy of Google Earth. 

Solomon Islands: Oil stops spilling but environmental toll still being calculated

Catherine Wilson 2 Apr 2019

Norway divests from plantation companies linked to deforestation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Mar 2019

In the Solomon Islands, making amends in the name of conservation

John Cannon 19 Feb 2019

Solomon Islands province bans logging in bid to protect environment

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2019

Chinese demand wiping out forests in the Solomon Islands: New report

John Cannon 22 Oct 2018

Island logging must go beyond current ‘best practices’ to avoid erosion: New study

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2018

How a hunger for teeth is driving a bat toward extinction

Alex Fox 29 Dec 2017

Can the Solomon Islands’ Gold Ridge Mine serve as a new model for resource extraction in the South Pacific?

Catherine Wilson 15 Nov 2017

Giant tree-dwelling rat discovered in the Solomon Islands

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Sep 2017

Delicate Solomon Island ecosystem in danger of heavy logging

Elliot Dawea & John C. Cannon 1 May 2017

Corruption drives dealings with logging companies in the Solomon Islands

Elliot Dawea, John Cannon 1 May 2017

New species of pea-sized crab discovered — inside a mussel

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Nov 2016

Five Pacific islands have already disappeared due to sea level rise

Mike Gaworecki 10 May 2016

‘Ghost bird’ photographed for first time ever, euthanized for science

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Oct 2015

First ever biofluorescent sea turtle discovered in Solomon Islands

Mike Gaworecki 28 Sep 2015

PHOTOS: Glowing fish – study finds widespread biofluorescence among fish

Mongabay.com 10 Jan 2014

Beetles in the spotlight: a new species of burying beetle from the Solomon Islands Archipelago

Raja Bandi 7 Nov 2013

98% of marine fish headed for the aquarium trade die within a year in the Philippines

Natalie Millar 22 Oct 2013

Solomon Islands’ banks shut down logging company accounts

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2013

Logging endangers UNESCO World Heritage Site in Solomon Islands

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2013

Pacific islanders are the ‘victims of industrial countries unable to control their carbon dioxide emissions’

Claudine Wéry 15 May 2013

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2012

Solomon Islands’ export of ‘captive-bred’ birds deemed to be a farce

Darren Lloyd 14 Aug 2012

Logging of primary rainforests not ecologically sustainable, argue scientists

Rhett A. Butler 25 Jan 2012

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