Detail of Damage Assessment Report in South Malaita, Solomon Island
This is a result of day 2 training exercise.
This report presents the latest update on the state of
environment in PNG. Although some information is scarce,
the report provides a snapshot of our environment, given
the diverse pressures and threats we are facing from both
natural and anthropogenic causes. The SoE report uses a reporting model to describe
the state of environment in PNG. It identifies driving
forces and pressures that result in the current state of
environment, and suggests a potential response strategy.
Recommendations are presented for future legislative or
other actions
An analysis to collate recent biodiversity surveys within Key Biodiversity Areas in Guadalcanal, Malaita, Renbel and Temotu Provinces. This is a contribution to the EREPA (Ensuring Resilient Ecosystems and Representative Protected Areas in the Solomon Islands) project, with funding through SPREP.
This was as part of the BRCC, Building Resilience to Climate Change in PNG, ADB funded program on
Food Security. This work took us to the rarely visited preselected islands of the Luzancays; Kawa
and Konia, the villages of Keileuna Island and Lalela village of Kitava Island. As getting to these places is
a full days dinghy travel from Alotau on an open 23’ fibreglass banana boat with a 40HP engine hanging
off the back, the calmer the weather the better.
This document was prepared by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) with technical support from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) through the By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) Initiative of the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme, funded by the European Union and the Government of Sweden.
The formulation of this National Plan of Action (NPOA): Marine Turtles (2023–2027) has been developed by the Solomon Islands Marine Turtle Working Committee (SIMTWC) nominated by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM). The SIMTWC comprised of representatives from the national government, non-government organizations and community-based organizations including marine scientists
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION DIVISION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS BY REGULATING THE
EXPORT AND IMPORT OF CERTAIN ANIMALS AND PLANTS; TO COMPLY WITH
THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED UPON SOLOMON ISLANDS UNDER THE
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD
FAUNA AND FLORA AND FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR
INCIDENTAL THERETO.
Letter From the Director Welcome to this our seventeenth ECA newsletter for Eco Custodian Advocates. We finished the year with a lot of travelling around the province. To the north-west corner of the Lusancays and to the south-west corner of Kololona and the sunken barrier reef, some 1200km in an open 23’ dinghy on these two voyages alone. The articles in this Newsletter are a mix of gwala customary closure and fishing, whilst raising the issue of fishing rights and the area of this jurisdiction based on custom and formal governance.
The Project will expand the cargo handling capacity of Lae port, improve the livelihood of those directly or indirectly affected, and reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Lae. It will finance (i) the construction of a tidal basin (700 x 400 meters), a multipurpose berth, and terminal works including all buildings, storage areas, roads, drainage, water, electricity, and sewerage services, with built-in flexibility to increase the capacity further in a cost-effective manner; (ii) resettlement and livelihood improvement; (iii) consulting services in project
The Government of Papua New Guinea (the Government) has requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide further assistance in the maritime sector through replacement of existing or previously evident coastal navigational aids (navaids) as well as installation of new navaids. The project will enhance the social and economic development in coastal areas by providing safer transit of international shipping in PNG shipping lanes, and by providing navigational assistance to community coastal traffic.
The objectives of the Wutung Pilot Border Trade Investment Development Project
(PBTIDP) are to remove the infrastructure bottleneck on the transport corridor and to
improve the investment environment in West Sepik Province (WSP) so that trade
opportunities can be opened up and potential businesses promoted in the region. The
Project aims to develop WSP into a dynamic growth centre for Papua New Guinea
(PNG) that can drive the development of the Momase Region including East Sepik,
Madang and Morobe Provinces and to other parts of PNG.
The project will strengthen the rural health system in selected areas of Papua New Guinea (PNG) by increasing the coverage and quality of primary health care (PHC) in partnership with both state and nonstate service providers through supporting the Government of PNG in implementing the National Health Plan (NHP) as it relates to rural health.
Mu¨ llerian mimicry rings are remarkable symbiotic species assemblages in which multiple members share a similar phenotype. However, their evolutionary origin remains poorly understood. Although gene flow among species has been shown to generate mimetic patterns in some Heliconius butterflies,mimicry is believed to be due to true convergencewithout gene flowinmany other cases.We investigated the evolutionary history of multiple members of a passerinemimicry ring in the poisonous Papuan pitohuis.
This report presents a world-wide inventory of operating mines that dispose of mine tailings to marine and riverine waters and a review of what is known about the environmental impacts of those discharges. The report was commissioned by the International Maritime Organization, specifically the IMO Secretariat for the London Convention 1972 and the 1996 London Protocol, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-Global Programme of Action.
We present the first large-scale synthesis of indigenous knowledge (IK) on New Guinea’s useful plants based on a quantitative review of 488 references and 854 herbarium specimens. Specifically, we assessed (i) spatiotemporal trends in the documentation of IK, (ii) which are New Guinea’s most useful ecosystems and plant taxa, (iii) what use categories have been better studied, and (iv) which are the best studied indigenous groups. Overall, our review integrates40,376 use reports and 19,948 plant uses for 3434 plant species.