World Environment Day and World Ocean Day Celebrates

“Many Species, One Planet and One Future”

BY RICHARD KARIMA

Solomon Islands are commonly known as ‘hot spot’ since it was blessed with wide rage of terrestrial and aquatic species.

The World Environment Day and World Ocean Day have been celebrated yesterday at Art Gallery which usually falls annually on 5 of June. The theme of the day was ‘Many species, One Planet and One Future.’

In his speech the caretaker Minister of Environment and Methodology Clement Kengava said it is important to safe guard our environment diversity for future sustainability.

He said extinction rate of diversity is one thousand (1000) times than it replenish rate. Human activities especially the big brothers give raise to the declining of the environment diversity.

Minister Kengava said population increase pose a great threat to the out numbered species.

He said we human being should be responsible to advocates the living and non-living things as we are sharing the same planet earth.

Solomon Islands is renowned around the whole wide world as one of the ‘hot spot’ nation for it environment diversities like, rain forest, birds, coral reefs, reef fish, world largest fresh water lake and other natural beauties he said.

“Let reconsider our activities for better living in this one planet.” We should enjoy with conservation measures to help raise the dying species.

Speaking on behalf of the non government organization (NGO) Mr. Peter Ramohia said every responsible body should take a step forward to protect and reduce the threats to our environment diversity.

“It is time for the government, NGO groups and our people to consider how our individual or collective efforts can make a contribution that has a national, regional and globe positive impact on the environment in future.”


However, Miss Ngireal Sigimanu of King George Six School escapes with five hundred dollars cash and certificate for coming first in the speech competition for high school students to mark the day.
Her runner up was a female student from Betikama Advertise College who grabbed three hundred dollars and the third award worth of two hundred fifty dollars goes to another female student of Bishop Epalle School.