KIBCA in the news

Recent coverage in the media of KIBCA's work or the conservation of Kolombangara Island;

KIBCA and Kolombangara Island Coverage in the Media

12 Sep 2013 ABC (Australia)

Solomon Island landowners win logging injunction in court

Landowners in the Solomon Islands have successfully taken action in the High Court to stop logging in the country's biggest conservation area...
14 April 2011 Solomon Star 110 Scholarships for Kolombangara Students Kolombangara Island Biodiversity Conservation Association, KIBCA, yesterday announced it has awarded a record number of educational scholarships totaling $94,000 to 110 children of Indigenous Kolombangarans...
31 Mar 2011 Solomon Star KIBCA not Happy with Environmental Assessment (pdf copy 31kb) KIBCA is not happy with the environmental impact assessment carried out by Success Company in south Kolombangara...
25 Feb 2011 New York Times Scientists in the Field: Answering Questions About Island Species Now, as I am preparing to head back to the Solomons, thoughts turn to some of the questions posed during my blogs from the field. I hope readers find these brief responses, and the slide show, helpful...
Fri 18 Feb 2011 Solomon Star A Funky Frog from an Island Paraside As dusk falls over the Solomon Islands, a cacophony of quacks rises from the forest floor. The noise originates from the small Solomon's Horned Frog, an amphibian unique to the islands...
Sat 22 Jan 2011 Island Sun New Pool Discovered on Kolombangara WALKERS ON Kolombangara Island have discovered a new 400m-long pool blocking access to the inside of the Kolombangara crater. The pool was formed by an earthquake and resulting landslide in June 2010.
Sat 15 Jan 2011 Solomon Star Success Claims are Misleading Viewpoint: The call by Success Company’s Kova Isaac and James Rizu in the Solomon Star (ViewPoint December 16, 2010) that KIBCA and its ‘chairman’ stop misleading the public on logging on Kolombangara Island is inaccurate and offers no credible evidence...
16 Dec 2010 Solomon Star Kolombangara Logging Claims Misleading: Success Viewpoint: The rightful landowners of the Kolombangara land which has come under media spotlight recently have urged Kolombangara Island Biodiversity Conservation Association (KIBCA) and its chairman, Ferguson Vaghi to stop misleading the public over the issue of the Success logging operation on Kolombangara Island...
Wed 1 Dec 2010 Island Sun Landolders Uphold Environmental Laws THE HIGH Court on Friday delivered a judgment in favour of the Kolombangara Island Biodiversity Conservation Association (KIBCA) in proceedings brought to enforce environmental laws in the Solomon Island...
Wed 1 Dec 2010 Solomon Star Court Orders Success to Halt Logging in Kolombangara The High Court on Friday delivered a judgment in favour of the Kolombangara Island Biodiversity Conservation Association (KIBCA) to enforce environmental laws in the Solomon Islands and help protect land above 400m on Kolombangara Island...
Wed 20 Oct 2010 Solomon Star, pages 12, 13

Scientific Expedition to Kolombangara Surveys Mt Veve

LAST week a scientific expedition surveyed the summit area of Mt Veve, the highest peak on Kolombangara Island in Western Province...
Wed 20 Oct 2010 Solomon Star, pages 1, 12, 13

Villagers Take Action: They want conservation not logging

A CASE brought by Kolombangara Island Biodiversity Conservation Association (KIBCA) is set to be heard in the High Court...
9-20 Oct 2010 New York Times

'Scientists in the Field' Series with Chris Filardi

This blog is the modern version of a field journal, a place for reports on the daily progress of scientific expeditions — adventures, misadventures, discoveries... (link to individual stories below)
Wed 20 Oct 2010 New York Times

Scientists in the Field: Leaving Kolombangara

As a team of scientists ends its expedition in the Solomon Islands, thoughts turn to island conservation...
Mon 18 Oct 2010 New York Times

Scientists in the Field: Waking in the Clouds to a Chorus of Birds

By day, night and everything in between, scientists observe natural life high in the cloud forest of Kolombangara Island, listening to birdsong, collecting specimens, revealing mystery...
Fri 15 Oct 2010 New York Times

Scientists in the Field: On the Origins of Island Life

By day, night and everything in between, scientists observe natural life high in the cloud forest of Kolombangara Island, listening to birdsong, collecting specimens, revealing mystery...
Wed 13 Oct New York Times

Scientists in the Field: Journey to Kolombangara Island

Scientists travel through one of the world’s biggest lagoon systems to reach Kolombangara Island in the Solomon Islands...
Tue 12 Oct 2010 New York Times

Scientists in the Field: The Necessity of Conservation, and of Eating Ripe, Green Bananas

Conservation work becomes a necessity for a visiting field biologist in the Solomon Islands...
Sun 9 Oct 2010 New York Times

Scientists in the Field: On Guadalcanal, Studying Evolution

An expedition to the mountains of Guadalcanal seeks to understand how new species evolve...