Education

Training Programs for Solid Waste Management

Volunteers in Environmental Education and Aforestation Sectors

Project for Strengthening Multihazard Risk Assessment and Early Warning System Systems in the Pacific

Solar Farm at Henderson Airport

The grant from the PACAM will assist local communities to reduce their vulnerability to floods, droughts and other climate-induced events through improved sustainable management of forest resources. This will include adopting mulitple-purpose land use models that integrate forest management and conservation, inorder to safeguard the vital environmental and social functions of the ecosystem.

The main goal of the European Union-funded Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) project is to strengthen the export capacity of Pacific countries in the primary industries of agriculture, forestry and aquaculture. The project employs a whole-of-supply chain approach, assisting commercial ventures and producer groups to become export-oriented, market-driven enterprises that will consistently supply overseas markets with competitive agriculture, forestry and aquaculture products.

USAID C-CAP aims to improve existing infrastructures in communities to be resilient to withstand the impacts of climate change eg:cyclone,storm surge,sea level rise events.The project will only be working with 10 different communities not only on improving existing infrastructures but as well as educating local people on climate change,impacts to their community for adaptation purposes at community level.

With support from the UN-REDD Programme, the Government of the Solomon Islands developed a national REDD+ Readiness Roadmap in the period June 2012-March 2014. The Solomon Islands REDD+ Roadmap has seven main sections outlining activities that will guide the Government towards full readiness for REDD+. Under UN-REDD Targeted Support for the development of the Solomon Islands’ national forest monitoring system for REDD+ under the UNFCCC.

Increased awareness and capacity of local governments and their partners to develop and implement climate change plans using participatory approaches and multi-sector processes. Build and enhance adaptive capacities of the Honiara City Council and vulnerable communities in the city to plan and implement socio-economic adaptation mechanisms and projects addressing climate change risks.

Strengthening regional advisory and management capacity to adapt to climate change and mitigate its causes, implementating adaptation and mitigation measures, integrate climate change into government policies and existing curricula and training programmes.