A new conservation initiative in Solomon Islands is showing rural communities in Malaita Province alternatives to logging.
Academics and conservation groups have set up the Ma'asina Greenbelt Initiative in the province's Are Are and Kwaio regions.
One of the project's founders, Edgar Pollard, told Koroi Hawkins the communities want to develop without destroying their forests.
Logging tracks run like scars across the face of a tropical rainforest on Malaita in Solomon Islands. Photo: Photo supplied/Edgar Pollard - Patrick Pikacha - Felix Naitoro
