Biodiversity Conservation Network

Nut Oil Processing and Ecotourism, Makira Island, Solomon Islands

What's at Stake?
1997 Update
Successes and Challenges
The Voice of Makira, Solomon Islands

Location: Makira Island, Solomon Islands
Partners: Conservation International (CI)
Maruia Society
Solomon Islands Development Trust (SIDT)
BCN Funding: $347,574
Partner 
Contribution:
$100,000
Grant Period: January 1, 1994 - December 31, 1998+

Links to other sites related to this project:

    • The Beauty and Danger of Ecotourism: Trekking the Highlands of Makira Island, Solomon Islands
    • Conservation International's Home Page
    • Community Monitoring of Ngali Nuts in the Solomon Islands
    • Ngali Nut Oil Soap
    • Other BCN community based ecotourism field stories

Links to Project history:

    • 1996 Project history
    • 1996 Current Accomplishments
    • 1996 Successes and Challenges

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