Kolombangara Island

In September KIBCA downloaded the first data from four climate monitors set up between Imbu Rano Lodge and Mt Veve. The climate monitors were set up by KIBCA and the American Museum of Natural History in June 2012 and record data every 15 minutes on temperature and relative humidity.

KIBCA is continuing its fight in the High Court to ensure the forests of Kolombangara are protected from illegal logging activities. KIBCA began the High Court action after the Ministry of Forestry and Ministry of Environment granted approvals to log a large area extending from Ghatere to Hapi, including forests within the protected 400m conservation area. 

In September a group of seven women took on the rapids and rocks of the Vila River and trekked to Konggu Rano in the heart of the Kolombangara crater. The four women from Kolombangara and three from New Zealand working as volunteers in the Solomon Islands spent three days walking, climbing, rolling, sliding and swimming along the beautiful but tough trek. 

KIBCA held its 4th Annual General Meeting at Vaghisea Village at Kuzi on Kolombangara Island on Tuesday 13 November. The AGM was attended by sixty community representatives with delegates from all communities on Kolombangara present.

KIBCA will offer education scholarships in 2013.

Families are encouraged to join KIBCA to ensure their eligibility for the program. Information on the Scholarship program is available from the KIBCA office. Members of the local communities can become a life members of KIBCA for $5.