Logging is ripping apart the Solomon Islands. One man is …
2020年1月3日 · The Solomon Islands is being stripped bare by foreign logging companies, in some cases acting illegally. A community takes action to preserve its future.
Better logging regulations ‘last best hope’ for Solomon Islands…
2021年7月23日 · Excessive logging is not confined to Kolombangara; it occurs across the archipelago. Timber is the Solomon Islands’ largest export. According to a 2018 Global Witness report, foreign companies are now driving logging to more than 19 times the sustainable rate.
Dynamics of Logging in Solomon Islands: The Need for …
2015年9月1日 · We describe the dynamics of selective logging in Solomon Islands and the potential need for aided restoration in the country. At the outset, we highlight the unsustainable practices of selective logging in tropical Asia-Pacific Islands and …
Program: Solomon Islands lucrative logging industry is killing the ...
2024年10月21日 · Logging is a huge earner for many Pacific economies, but it also poses an ever present risk towards the environment. Nowhere is that more obvious than Solomon Islands, where logging has long been ...
Dynamics of Logging in Solomon Islands: The Need for …
2015年9月1日 · We detail seven key elements currently promoting excessive logging in this region: (i) economic interests, (ii) corruption, (iii) poor employment conditions in the logging sector, (iv) high...
A summary of the Code of Logging Practice | Solomon Islands …
2021年6月8日 · There are laws which regulate the timber industry in the Solomon Islands. These laws aim to reduce some of the environmental and social impacts that can result from logging. This booklet aims to summarise some of these regulations, including some important aspects of the Code of Logging Practice, and is intended to help communities and logging ...
Sobehatunga Forest Rangers Saving the Solomon Islands - One …
2 天之前 · Yet unsustainable logging practices cast a long shadow. Under the MCC-Solomon Islands Threshold Program, more than 540 people across participating communities have participated in technical training sessions on forestry-carbon accounting and livelihoods.
The Unsustainable Exploitation of Solomon Islands’ Natural …
2023年11月30日 · The rapid pace of logging has led to environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and adverse effects to local communities that are heavily dependent on forest subsistence farming for income. In 2010, Solomon Islands had 2.72 million hectares of natural forest, covering over 96 percent of its land area.
Solomon Islands: New report offers way forward for communities …
2023年6月22日 · “The impacts of logging on human rights in Solomon Islands” offers a comprehensive overview of our key findings and breaks these down in seven thematic issues. Looking at the recommendations accepted during Solomon Islands’ latest UPR, the report also provides immediate steps that can be taken to both mitigate the harm already caused by ...
Paradise Lost: Solomon Islands under threat from logging - Global Witness
2018年10月18日 · Our new satellite imagery analysis shows that logging roads in the Solomon Islands are twice as long as the Yangtze River. In other words, logging roads in the Solomon Islands would take you from Shanghai to Tibet and back again, despite the fact that the Solomon Islands are 338 times smaller than China.