Logging is corrupting these islands was nominated for the Environmental Impact Award at the 32nd Annual One World Media Awards.
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Find out more about all of the nominees and winners of the One World Media Awards 2020: awards.oneworldmedia.org.uk
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Foreign logging firms are stripping Solomon Islands of trees at a rate that could exhaust its
forests within a few years. Local communities are being devastated in the process, with agricultural land ruined, water sources polluted and children and women at risk of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Endemic corruption often aligns government ministries, police and the judicial system with the loggers.
This investigation shows the toll that unchecked logging is having on Solomon Islands and
illustrates it through the rare story of a village that was able to fight back against a company operating illegally on their land.
Reported over weeks on the ground and subsequently confirmed through extensive legal and business documents, official reports and communications. As a result, the Malysian logging company at the center of the story has now been barred from operating in Solomon Islands.
Journalist: John Beck
Photographer: Monique Jaques
