Papatura is proud of our environmental stand. Papatura is a base for tourism throughout Santa Isabel and encourage all villages to look at village stays as a future sustainable income instead of logging and commercial fishing.
On the island we recycle all products possible, this means we pay to ship them as well as our rubbish back to Honiara where they can be disposed of effectively.
When starting out we spoke with industry leaders about the toilet systems and decided the enviro loos where the best way to go, everything is broken down and turned into compost which is spread throughout the rainforest just like leaf litter.
Turtle Release program. Just like other emerging Pacific Island nations with growing populations, the Solomon Islands are quickly depleting their natural resources to provide basic necessities - including schools and clinics. Sedimentation from logging, overfishing, and destructive fishing practices is impacting the marine environment.
As at 1 May 2011 guests have released over 90 turtles, these are brought from the local villages that would normally eat them. We are educating them about the importance of protect these vulnerable seas creatures.
We are now tagging and with the help of local communities will document where and when they are re caught and offer a larger reward for any turtle any tagged turtles.
After a quick photo we release over 90% of the river fish caught in the 3 local rivers using fish friendly Berkley Catch and release net. All other catches feed guests or are sent to the villages for consumption.
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