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Paradise Lost. Logging and the Environmental and Social Destruction of the Solomon Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Andre Vltchek
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A large fiberglass boat propelled by a 40HP engine speeds across the pristine waters of Marovo Lagoon, a double-barrier enclosed lagoon with hundreds of stunning islets. The area is on UNESCO's provisional world heritage list. Having left Ramata, a small settlement almost at the Northwest extreme of the lagoon, it is heading for New Georgia Island, locally known as the “mainland” because of its size.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , e3
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