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Mr. Alpha Gelly, Sairagi Community Facilitator in Sairagi, Solomon Islands, demonstrating the Spawning Potential Survey (SPS) tool which communities use to better manage community based fisheries.

Conservation’s Best Hope Lies in Community-Led Efforts

By Duncan Williams, Grace Nugi, Henry Kaniki
Today’s Living Planet Report paints a sobering picture: wildlife populations across the world are in severe decline.
As UNDP, we work hand in hand with the Solomon Islands Government, the integrity institutions and civil society, as well as international partners, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.

46 Years of Democracy for the People, by the People of Solomon Islands

By Dr. Raluca Eddon
Today, as we commemorate the International Day of Democracy, Solomon Islands has elected to dedicate the celebration of its 46 years of democracy to the theme 'Democracy for the people, by the people.'
By remembering that citizens are more than customers, we can build digital systems that don't just deliver services efficiently, but nurture the very foundations of democratic society.

Citizens, Not Customers: Reimagining Digital

By Sajib Azad
Imagine a small island nation, excited about modernizing its electoral process.
In Solomon Islands, six women candidates ran as independents, accounting for 30 per cent of female candidates, compared to 34 per cent of total candidates.

Women's Political Representation in Solomon Islands

By Kerryn Baker
After a 12-month delay, the 12th Solomon Islands national general elections were held on 17 April 2024.
Disinformation, scams, and technology-facilitated abuse, for example, threaten to undermine that important progress that has been made in connecting the Pacific.

Empowering Pacific CSOs through UNDP's Digital Democracy Initiative

By Anne Dunn, Stella Tuhaika and Sajib Azad
A small grant can be a powerful tool for change, especially in the Pacific, where rapidly increasing connectivity and the lowering of costs associated with access to the digital space have been a game-changer.
Research found that there was significant support for more women in politics within the community (88%); however, only one in five people had ever voted for a female candidate.

Increasing Women’s Political Representation in Solomon Islands

By Emma Clampett and Pionie Boso
On 29 December 2023, the Solomon Islands National Cabinet approved the introduction of temporary special measures (TSMs) to improve women’s political representation in the Provincial Government Assemblies (PGAs).
Prime Minister Manele's has said that GNUT’s “most important priority … is economic transformation,” and called on stakeholders to help the government grow the economy.

Manele’s Leadership in Solomon Islands: Opportunities and Challenges

By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
Solomon Islands’ new prime minister Jeremiah Manele brings a new leadership style to the position, compared to the abrasive approach of his predecessor, Manasseh Sogavare.
My work contributes to shaping the One Ocean Hub’s interdisciplinary endeavors by intricately weaving together the threads of colonial history, legal geography, and Indigenous epistemology and ontology.

Spotlight on Early-Career Researchers: Lysa Wini-Simeon

I am Lysa Wini, a researcher originating from Lau Lagoon in the Solomon Islands. Lau Lagoon, deeply ingrained in our cultural tapestry, serves as our enduring home, fashioned from sea rocks and sustaining the livelihoods of ocean-dependent communities, known as the imola i asi, for over five centuries.
Many have speculated why Nauru shifted allegiances again, as it did between 2002 and 2005. Without a doubt there were sweeteners. That’s politics. The timing of Nauru’s switch appears deliberately designed to take the wind out of Taiwan’s sails after the pro-sovereignty presidential election result.

Nauru’s Diplomatic Switch to China – the Rising Stakes in Pacific Geopolitics

Nauru’s decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China has nothing to do with Australia. It reflects the intense geopolitical competition in the Pacific and the sustained, but not always visible, push from China to erode diplomatic support for Taiwan and further isolate the country.
Like other like-minded commentators in Solomon Islands, Celsius Talifilu—a former public servant and political advisor to the former premier of Malaita province—observes that there is “too much unexplained wealth with many of those who hold higher echelons of power in the country.”

'Unexplained Wealth’ in the Solomons and the Need to Explain?

By Derek Futaiasi, East Honiara
In Paraguay in 2015, in his meeting with Paraguay’s civil society, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church described corruption as the “gangrene of a people”.

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