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LABASA, Fiji — No one finds their way to the village of Drawa by accident. To get there, you must first board a tiny plane to Labasa, the biggest town on Fiji’s Vanua Levu Island. Driving southwest past hectares of sugarcane plantations and forests riven with gashes of red earth, you’ll pass pickup trucks piled […]

LABASA, Fiji — Jerry Lotawa knows his forest. He was raised in the tiny settlement of Drawa, a village of 11 brightly painted houses tucked high in the mountains of Fiji’s largest island, Vanua Levu. Following older family members, he learned to hunt pigs and fish for prawns and eels in the surrounding rainforest that […]

The Sirebe Tribal Association in South Choiseul is currently rolling out its re-investment projects after receiving the second quarterly payment from carbon trading for this year. The association which operates as the Sirebe Business Company under the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project is the first in the country to do carbon trading and receive payment from

Vuri Forest Conservation Area in Babatana Ward, South Choiseul Province has become the 5th Legal Protected Area in Solomon Islands after receiving its certificate of registration on Wednesday. MECDM Deputy Secretary Technical, Mr Chanel Iroi (L) signs and handover the certificate to Chief of Vuri clan association. Photos: Babatana Rainforest Conservation FB Page A team