Tag Archive: Development

Korova Struggles Continue

By Shivika Mala After attending several climate change summits and conferences across the globe, members of Korova Settlement are still struggling to adapt to the direct impact of sea level rise and improper access to electricity. Korova, a small squatter settlement with not more than seven (7) houses, is located behind the Fiji School of Maritime along the Queen Elizabeth Drive, Suva. This is the same village where the movie makers of Disney film Moana had set foot to learn the tradition and culture of Camakau (traditional canoe which can be seen in the movie) building, as told by the…

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Land Tenure Struggles in Honiara

By Charles Kadamana The urban State land in Solomon Islands is under a great deal of pressure not because of increasing informal settlers but because of its Land Tenure System. In Solomon Islands about 83 percent of the lands are customary owned. Customary owned lands owned by tribal groups, clans and families. Only 17 percent of the lands are state owned lands. Joseph Foukona a Law Lecturer at USP in Emalus Campus who carried out a case study on Urban Land Tenure in Solomon Islands said access to urban…

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