Regional Information-
Capital CityHoniara
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Regional RelationshipsSince 2003, Australian Defense Force leads the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) to maintain civil and political order and reinforce regional security.
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements -
Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
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Climate Tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
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