Solomon Islands

Asian Development Bank Country Environmental Analysis Reports
Solomon Islands (2007; 929kb)

Country Strategy Papers and National Indicative Programmes [European Union - EDF9]
Solomon Islands (2002-2007;152kb)

Country Strategy Papers and National Indicative Programmes [European Union - EDF10]
Solomon Islands (2008-2013; 2.82mb)

Disasters and Climate Variability in the Pacific Islands: WORLD BANK regional stocktake- Country Assessment:
Solomon Islands (2009; 345kb)

Least Developed Country [LCDs] reports
Solomon Islands (2004; 3.82mb)

see also 'Voices of the Least Developed Countries of Asia and the Pacific' (2005; 1.46mb)

Legislative Reviews 
Solomon Islands (1992; 22.27mb), Solomon Islands (2003; 166kb)

see also:

Marine turtle legislative reviews:
Solomon Islands (2010; 973kb)

Mauritius Strategy + 5 Review: National Assessment Reports [5-year Review of Progress Made in Addressing Vulnerabilities of Small Islands Developing States Through Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation (MSI) of the
Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) ] 
Solomon Islands (2010; 633kb)

Montreal Protocol: National Compliance Action Strategies to implement the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Solomon Islands (2001; 595kb)

National Adaptation Plan of Action - NAPA - [Climate change]
Solomon Islands (2008; 5.01mb)

National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plans (NBSAP)
Solomon Islands (2009; 13mb)

National Capacity Self Assessment (NCSA) 

Stocktake Reports: Solomon Islands (2006; 884kb)

Thematic Assessment Reports:
Biodiversity: Solomon Islands (2006; 615kb) plus appendices

Climate Change: Solomon Islands (416kb) see also Solomon Islands (214kb)

Land degradation: Solomon Islands (2006; 567kb)

Cross-cutting Analysis: Solomon Islands (2006; 854kb)

Action Plan:
Solomon Islands 2008-2012 Pt1 , Pt2 (2008; 517kb / 260kb)

Final NCSA Report:
Solomon Islands (2008; 273kb)

NCSA Status (NCSA website)
Solomon Islands

National Climate Change Policy - NEW!!!
Solomon Islands (2012, 1MB)

National Environment Management Strategy (NEMS) 
Solomon Islands (1993; 13.12)

National Integrated Water Resource Management : Diagnostic Reports - drafts only [SOPAC]
Solomon Islands (2007; 1.93mb)

National Invasive Species Strategy

see Invasive alien species in the Austral-Pacific region: national reports and directory of resources [GISP] (2002; 3.75mb)

see also Invasives Species on Pacific Islands [reports] - HEAR / PIER project website

National [Sustainable] Development Plans / Strategies [ForumSec]
Solomon Islands National Economy Recovery, Reform and Development Plan 2003-2006 (2003; 1.36mb)

National Assessment Reports: Solomon Islands (2006; 395kb)

ADB Reports: Solomon Islands (2004; 218kb)

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SPC Country Joint Country Stategies in support of National Strategies for Sustainable Development :
Solomon Islands

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change [PACC] - reports, activities and PACC news updates
Solomon Islands

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change [PACC] - report of in-country consultations 
Solomon Islands (2009; 189kb)

Pacific Regional Consultation on Water in Small Island Countries - Country briefings
Solomon Islands (2003; 409kb)

Pacific Regional Energy Assessment: Country Reports (PIREP) 
Solomon Islands (2004; 1.8mb)

Regional overview report (2004; 2.59mb)

Peristant Organic Pollutants (POPs): Country Plans
Solomon Islands (2003; 524kb)

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention, 1989), the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention, 1998) and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (Stockholm Convention, 2001) together provide an international framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous chemicals throughout their life cycles.

Sea Level & Climate: their present state: Country reports
Solomon Islands (2006; 2.07mb)

Ships' Waste Management in Pacific Islands Ports: Country reports
Solomon Islands

Solid Waste Characterisation and Management Plans
Solomon Islands (2000; 253kb) , Solomon Islands : 2009-2014 (2009;2.01mb)

State of the Environment Reports
Solomon Islands (2008; 6.07mb) , Solomon Islands (1992; 4.88)

see also State of the Environment of the South Pacific 1983 (UNEP: 1983; 1.66mb)
see also State of the marine environment in the South Pacific Region (1990; 3.48mb)
see also State of the Environment of the South Pacific 2005 (2005; 382kb; see also ~http://www.unescap.org/esd/environment/soe/2005/mainpub/ ~) 
see also Regional perspectives: Asia and the Pacific (UNEP, GEO-4. 2007; 382 kb)

see also the archive of SPREP Country Reports between 1980-1983 as follows:
Solomon Islands (1981; 271kb)

United Nations. Common Country Assessments
Solomon Islands (2002; 921kb)

see also United Nations. Development Assistance Frameworks 2003-2007:
Solomon Islands (2002; 2.75mb)

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED: Brazil, 1992)
Country Reports : Solomon Islands (1992)

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, 1992) and the Rio Declaration highlighted the need for sustainable development-socially responsible economic development that protects the resource base and the environment for the benefit of future generations. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which was one of the outcome instruments of the UNCED process, also highlights the need for conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
National Reports: Solomon Islands 2 (2001 ; 290kb), Solomon Islands 3 (2008; 2.1mb)

see also Country profiles compiled by the Secretariat for the UNCBD.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which was one of the outcome instruments of the UNCED process, highlights the need for conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Land Degradation) (UNCCD)
Second National Report: Solomon Islands (2002; 66kb)

Third National Report: Solomon Islands (2006; 332kb)

see also UNCCD Country Profiles:
Solomon Islands

see also UNCCD Reports clearinghouse mechanism

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is an agreement to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
(i) National Communications and In-depth Reviews
Solomon Islands (2001; 2.12mb)

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC,1992) is concerned with global warming and the consequent rise in sea levels that may result in the flooding of coastal areas, and submerging islands, which could adversely affect coastal communities. The treaty aims at reducing emissions of greenhouse gas in order to combat global warming. Although the treaty as originally framed set no mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual nations and contained no enforcement provisions; it did include provisions for updates (called "protocols") that would set mandatory emission limits. The principal update is the Kyoto Protocol.

World Summit on Sustainable Development [Rio+10 - Johannesburg 2002]

National Assessment Reports: 
Solomon Islands (2002; 227kb)

Pacific WSSD Regional Assessment (2002; 91kb) and Pacific Position Paper (2004; 91kb)
see also: Synthesis Report for Asia and the Pacific (2001; 1.22mb)

The WSSD Plan of Implementation calls for the management of the natural resources base in a sustainable and integrated manner. In this regard, to reverse the current trend in natural resource degradation as soon as possible, it is necessary to implement strategies which should include targets adopted at the national and, where appropriate, regional levels to protect ecosystems and to achieve integrated management of land, water and living resources, while strengthening regional, national and local capacities.

The Johannesburg Declaration and the Plan of Implementation arising from the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD, 2002) reconfirmed the commitment of States to advance and strengthen the interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development-economic development, social development and environmental protection-at the local, national, regional and global levels.

Ministerial and Department Reports

Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology : Corporate Plan 2008-2010

Reports available online from the SPREP Library and IRC database
Reports available online from SOPAC [Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission] 
Reports available online from ReefBase Pacific

search also SPC Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Digital Library

Solomon Islands govt.

Solomon Islands Meteorological Office

Tetepare: the last wild island [Solomon Islands]
"Tetepare Island is one of the conservation jewels of the Solomons Islands. This long, rugged island cloaked in rainforest and fringed with biodiverse reefs is the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific. Home to the one of the Solomon Islands' leading conservation projects and a unique, locally-run ecolodge, Tetepare is attracting visitors from around the world. "

see also:

The Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Regional Frameworks and Strategies Directory [SPREP]

SPREP Library and IRC collection [SLIC] - includes online full text access to a wide range of Pacific environment materials.

The Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Virtual Library - full text publications from SPREP, SOPAC, SPC and other CROP agencies, Pacific govt. environment depts. , regional institutions, and NGOs active in the area of environment conservation.

Pacific Environment Databases and Recommended Internet Resources

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SPREP's International Instruments' webpage
"International instruments relevant to SPREP's work in the areas of Sustainable Economic Development, Ecosystems Management, Climate Change, and Waste Management."

Academic literature and research

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