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Land, seascapes and natural resources are increasingly being set aside for protection in response to various drivers: to tackle biodiversity loss, to prevent deforestation as a climate change mitigation strategy, to restore declining fisheries. Within the biodiversity conservation sector, the impacts (positive or negative) of protected areas on local and indigenous communities have generated a lot of debate and discussions – and this discussion is escalating as other protection schemes come into play – for example Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.

Solomon  Islands  continues  to  face  some  of  the  most  difficult  development  challenges  within the Pacific Islands sub?region.  It experiences the lowest per capita income in the   region and is one of the lowest ranked countries in the region by HDI1. This situation has  resulted  from  rapid  socio?economic  and  cultural  change  due  to  the  ongoing  effects  of  globalisation as its long standi g and historical impacts.