10 DECEMBER 2014
The Pirini water catchment is important to Sasamuga village and many communities in South Choiseul in the Solomon Islands. It is the primary source of water for Sasamuga hospital and several nearby villages.
"The degradation of the catchment over the last few years has affected the water supply immensely," said Fred Patison, Ecosystem-based Adaptation Officer at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Source: SPREP