Category: Logging

WESTERN PROVINCIAL GOV’T CRITICISED OVER LOGGING
Land Issues

WESTERN PROVINCIAL GOV’T CRITICISED OVER LOGGING

admin- August 23, 2016

The Western Provincial flag. Photo: SIBC. The Western provincial government has come under heavy criticism by landowners of Shortland islands over the manner it handled ... Read More

GUADALCANAL PROVINCE CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL LOGGERS
Guadalcanal Province

GUADALCANAL PROVINCE CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL LOGGERS

admin- August 18, 2016

Logging in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. The Guadalcanal Provincial Government is taking steps to crack down illegal logging operation in the province. Guadalcanal ... Read More

OVER 200 LOGGING LICENSES ISSUED IN JUNE 2016
Court

OVER 200 LOGGING LICENSES ISSUED IN JUNE 2016

admin- August 4, 2016

Logging in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. More than 200 logging companies were issued logging licenses by the Forestry and Research Ministry as of ... Read More

REFORM FORESTRY TIMBER UTILIZATION ACT: CHOISEUL LANDOWNER
Choiseul Province

REFORM FORESTRY TIMBER UTILIZATION ACT: CHOISEUL LANDOWNER

admin- August 4, 2016

A logging facility in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: 1worldmap.com There is an urgent need for the Government to reform the Forestry timber utilization Act ... Read More

LOGGING MATTERS STRETCHED COURT RESOURCES TO LIMIT
Court

LOGGING MATTERS STRETCHED COURT RESOURCES TO LIMIT

admin- July 20, 2016

The High Court of Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. The litigation surrounding logging matters in the country has stretched the High Court's resources and judges ... Read More

MAN BLAMES POLICE ‘INACTION’ FOR MACHINE BLAZING.
Incidents

MAN BLAMES POLICE ‘INACTION’ FOR MACHINE BLAZING.

admin- June 1, 2016

Logging in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. A man from Rennell Island has said the recent burning of heavy machines on the island is ... Read More

UN REPORT SAYS 85% OF FORESTS ILLEGALLY USED IN SI
Forestry

UN REPORT SAYS 85% OF FORESTS ILLEGALLY USED IN SI

admin- March 22, 2016

World Forest Day. Photo credit: essayspeechwala.com The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have reported that 85 percent of forest here are illegally used. ... Read More