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Tetepare Turtles, Coconut Crabs and Seaweed Research in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands
10 – 14 July 2010 S8 43.279 E157 26.611 – Tetepare Island The Tetepare Descendants’ Association take their conservation work very seriously. They protect and manage the entire island most especially their 13km-long Marine Protected Area. Since 2004, they have had a dedicated roster of rangers and different marine monitoring teams from scientists to volunteers doing […]
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Tetepare Island Rangers and WWF Coral Reef Research, Western Province, Solomon Islands
10 – 14 July 2010 S8 43.279 E157 26.611 – Tetepare Island Tetepare is the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific where a tiny portion of its massive land is a dedicated research field station and a cooperative ecolodge run by the Tetepare Descendants’ Association or TDA. Many stories circulate why Tetepare Island (Tetepare […]
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Pristine Rainforest in Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands
7 – 9 July 2010 S8 01.965 E157 07.004 – Imbu Rano Lodge The only chance we had during this entire expedition to visit a forest was here in the Pacific. A forest, you might ask? What has that got to do with the Coral Triangle? With marine life? Nature, from the highest forest to […]
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Aquaculture Farming and Post Tsunami in Gizo, Solomon Islands
6 – 7 July 2010 S8 05.899 E156 51.680 – WorldFish Center, Nusa Tupe & Gizo Airport S8 07.515 E157 06.123 – Onma Lodge, Kolombangara The April 2007 earthquake and tsunami wrecked havoc to the lives of many in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. Foreign aid and rebuilding was slow and difficult, but […]
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Gizo and Ranonga After the 2007 Tsunami, Solomon Islands
6 July 2010 S8 06.238 E156 50.637 – Gizo S8 01.776 E156 35.161 – Ranonga One morning in 2 April 2007, we woke up at home in Cairns. By force of habit, even before breakfast, I turned on the computer and checked BOM, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, for the day’s weather. There was a […]
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