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It is the only Pacific island that participates in the legal wildlife trade, and its most unusual species are increasingly popular pets.

Environmental advocates from the Solomon Islands are concerned wildlife trade is destroying the country's unique ecosystem.

Sirebe Tribal Association in Sasamuga, south Choiseul has become the first conservation site in the country to receive carbon credit from carbon trading. After years of conservation work, the association has received an amount of over $300,000 in quarterly payment for carbon credit with an estimated amount of around $1.2 million per year according to

Dr. Patrick Pikacha has received recognition for his significant environmental achievements in the South Pacific.

Frog the Size of a Human Baby Discovered in the Solomon Islands On 5/7/21 at 12:23 PM EDT In mid-April, a band of timber mill employees hunting wild pigs captured a frog they described as being the size of a human baby on the outskirts of Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. The mill owner, Jimmy Hugo, shared a photo of the enormous animal with his Facebook friends with the caption, "Where I come from, its call bush chicken." The nickname is an allusion to Solomon Islanders fondness for...