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BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Capacity Development Project (SIMCAP) have eyed implementing the second phase of the project. This was disclosed last week during the wrapped up event of its first phase in Honiara. Speaking during the end event Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) Dr Melchior Mataki said the ministry is planning to implement the second potential phase of the project. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) Dr Melchior Mataki He said, however it was planned differently and there is still a need to work on its details and commitment towards its implementation to make it done. Ms Asuza Kubota country manager of United Nation Development Program (UNDP) said the second phase requires collaborative partnership. ...

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE Permanente Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) Dr Melchior Mataki has highlighted the strategies divisions under the ministry will work on over the next three years (2018 – 2020). He said there are number of strategies each of the divisions under this ministry will work to achieve within the period of three years. The divisions comprised of Environment, Climate Change, Meteorology, Disaster Management and Corporate. Mataki said the division of environment is responsible of promoting of biodiversity conservation management and restoration of the Solomon Islands environment; protect ecosystems, biodiversity and endemic and threatened plant and animal species, oversea manage and control prescribed development, manage effectively waste and pollution and to administer and implement terrestrial and marine international , regional and sector environmental agreements and conve...

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A call to install all early warning systems in one place was made during the launching of the wrapped up event of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Capacity Development Project (SIMCAP) last week. This call was made by a concerned outspoken staff working at the division of Meteorology under the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorological (MECDM). Permanent Secretary of the MECDM Dr Melchior Mataki He said the early warning systems are meteorology, seismology and hydrology equipment’s to name a few, which functions to produce relevant and timely information in a systematic way prior to a disaster in order to make informed decisions and to take actions. “Having few of the leading systems located in different ministry has been a problem in regards to our work. “Hence we want all lead sources (early warning systems) to be located in on...