Category: Logging

PENALTIES FOR EXPLOITING RARE RESOURCES INADEQUATE: MAGISTRATE
Court

PENALTIES FOR EXPLOITING RARE RESOURCES INADEQUATE: MAGISTRATE

admin- April 15, 2015

Tubi timber. Photo:http://mtctimbers.com/ Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota says the penalties for exploiting the country's rare natural resources are grossly inadequate. Chief Magistrate Kouhota made the ... Read More

LOGGER URGED TO STEP UP SAFETY STANDARDS OR LEAVE
Guadalcanal Province

LOGGER URGED TO STEP UP SAFETY STANDARDS OR LEAVE

admin- April 7, 2015

Logging in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. Earth Movers Logging Company operating the Barahau Camp, East Central Guadalcanal has been warned to step up its ... Read More

MORATORIUM IMPOSED ON NEW LOGGING REGISTRATIONS & APPLICATIONS
Forestry

MORATORIUM IMPOSED ON NEW LOGGING REGISTRATIONS & APPLICATIONS

admin- February 11, 2015

Logging in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. The Government has imposed a moratorium on new registrations and applications for logging business activities, saying the ... Read More

LOGGING ACTIVITIES AT MARAU SOUND RAISED CONCERNS
Conservation

LOGGING ACTIVITIES AT MARAU SOUND RAISED CONCERNS

admin- January 26, 2015

Logging in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. Current logging activities on Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal has prompted concern for marine conservation areas there. A ... Read More

POLICE DEAL WITH LOGGING-RELATED DISPUTE IN KOLOMBANGARA
Logging

POLICE DEAL WITH LOGGING-RELATED DISPUTE IN KOLOMBANGARA

admin- January 23, 2015

Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast. Photo credit: SIBC. Police in the Western Province are currently dealing with a logging-related dispute at Kolombangara. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast ... Read More

L.C.C CALLS ON BODO DETTKE TO RELINQUISH MINISTERIAL POST
Government

L.C.C CALLS ON BODO DETTKE TO RELINQUISH MINISTERIAL POST

admin- December 22, 2014

Hon Bodo Dettke-Minister for Forestry and Research. Photo credit: GCU. Office of the Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has called on the current Minister for Forestry ... Read More

LOGGING & MINING ACTIVITIES THREATENS WORLD HERITAGE TENGANO
Conservation

LOGGING & MINING ACTIVITIES THREATENS WORLD HERITAGE TENGANO

admin- December 17, 2014

A water table near the Lake Tengano has been cleared by logging activity. Photo credit: SIBC. The Lake Tengano World Heritage Site Association is calling ... Read More