Melanesian Geo

Melanesian Geo 'Melanesian Geo' magazine is a grassroots initiative focused at raising environmental awareness in Melanesia.

The Solomon Islands leads the global trade of hornbills. The country is a laundering hub for the illegal and legal live ...
01/07/2025

The Solomon Islands leads the global trade of hornbills. The country is a laundering hub for the illegal and legal live wildlife trade. This ABC story highlights the extent of the live wildlife trade and the impact it may have on populations of wildlife. But more so the traders who also depend on this industry.

The exotic pet industry is booming, fuelled by global demand for rare parrots, reptiles and other wild creatures — but in Solomon Islands, one of the Pacific's most active wildlife trading hubs, it is under growing scrutiny, with concerns that weak regulation is driving biodiversity loss.

25/06/2025

How CORRUPT in DCGA AND OUR PARTY SOLD the RESOURCES of the GUADALCANAL PEOPLE to China without local benefits.

Do you want the DCGA AND OUR PARTY TO KEEP DESTROYING SOLOMON ISLANDS RESOURCES WITH THEIR CORRUPT DEALS WITHOUT ANY BENEFITS FOR LOCAL SOLOMON ISLANDERS.
Changes is needed.2024

24/06/2025

A coral reef near Lata in the Solomon Islands.

Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic Pristine Seas

24/06/2025

During the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, on June 12, 2025, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, announced their intention to create the Melanesian Ocean Reserve, in order to save the ancestral waters, homelands, and people of the southwestern Pacific. The area is one of the planet's most biodiverse marine regions. Meanwhile, the governor of Ireland Province (Papua New Guinea's New), has stated unequivocally that he supports the exploration of deep sea mining. All it will take is one Pacific nation to allow mineral exploitation in its waters, which may have a cascading impact throughout the region. Hopefully, this is all rhetoric. What are your thoughts?

29/05/2025

Njari Island is our home away from home!! Our full time rangers ensure that poachers stay away and visitors to the island enjoy the simple facilities and surrounding reef system.

CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: SOLOMON ISLANDS' FIRST FEMALE RANGERS BREAK BARRIERS TO HELP SAVE LEATHERBACK TURTLES. Leatherback ...
16/04/2025

CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: SOLOMON ISLANDS' FIRST FEMALE RANGERS BREAK BARRIERS TO HELP SAVE LEATHERBACK TURTLES.
Leatherback sea turtles are classified by the IUCN as Vulnerable on a global level, but their subpopulation in the Western Pacific are faring far worse than others. According to scientists, that population has declined to just 1,400 breeding adults, leaving them critically endangered.

At the forefront of those efforts is The Nature Conservancy, which is partnering with the Solomon Islands government to gather data from critical nesting beaches in Isabel Province, with funding from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Leatherback sea turtles are classified by the IUCN as Vulnerable on a global level, but their subpopulation in the Western Pacific are faring far worse than others. According to scientists, that population has declined to just 1,400 breeding adults, leaving them critically endangered. At the forefro...

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The publication concept of Melanesian Geo: journal of society and the environment in Melanesia was developed and initiated by Patrick Pikach from Solomon Islands, with the support of two postgraduate students at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji in 2005. The initial purpose of this journal was to draw attention to the rich and distinct biodiversity of Melanesia which each year is being increasingly threatened by a number of factors both natural and man made. Issues of concern in Melanesia are unsustainable development, commercialisation and exploitation of wildlife species, and resource exploitation such as mining and logging, etc. As a team of Melanesian environment students at the time we perceived that a journal that was both illustrative and that provided an easy narration of these issues was more fitting for our grassroots people in the Melanesian region to comprehend and empathise with. And so we endeavoured to fill this niche between the science and the mainstream media by simplifying the data without loosing or “watering down” the emphasis of each issue or story. In addition it is our purpose to try and making the pages more illustrative with colourful pictures of Melanesia. Furthermore, to be relevant to the people of Melanesia and to the context of our contemporary society, we are taking a broader approach to the initial environmental focus of this magazine and will be publishing societal issues that affect our people.

The Purpose of this publication is

• To provide an alternative reader friendly journal for local writers, researchers, and civil society groups throughout Melanesian to contribute to.

• To raise awareness (to the general public, in particular grassroots resource owners, education institutions, civil society groups, legislators, politicians and relevant stake holders) of contemporary environmental issues that impact the Melanesian environment and its people.