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This policy analysis identifies threats to coral reefs, evaluates the effectiveness of the existing legal framework to address these threats and formulates recommendations to strengthen community-based natural resource management in Solomon Islands coral reefs of crucial importance for food security and rural livelihoods in the archipelago. Logging is a major yet often overlooked threat to coral reefs in the country. Large-scale logging operations cause massive erosion, which has a detrimental effect on water quality. The shipping accidents oil pollution and uncontrolled construction of log pond associated with the logging industry also have a significant impact on coastal ecosystems.

The use of marine spatial planning for zoning multi-use areas is growing in both developed and developing countries.

The speed at which COVID-19 is overwhelming health care facilities worldwide necessitates a fresh look at how we approach disease risk management one that takes a one health approach to disease prevention and mitigation.