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	Solomon Islands Visitor Bureau - Makira, Ulawa Province
		Makira, Ulawa and their seven small neighbors are sometimes called the Eastern Solomons, although Temotu Province is further east.
		The main island of Makira is 3,188 sq km with other islands within 32 km of its shores except for Ulawa, 75 km distant.
		During such times ceramics were made and trade flourished between Makira and Ulawa and large canoes came annually from Temotu Province.
	www.visitsolomons.com.sb /solomons/export/sites/SVB/Provinces/MakiraUlawa.html (180 words)

	Mitsubishi offsets carbon footprint through investment in Madagascar's rain forest
		This initiative was developed by WCS in partnership with the Government of Madagascar and CI to reduce the deforestation rate of Makira, prevent species extinctions, work with local communities to develop sustainable activities that provide alternative approaches to slash and burn agriculture, and demonstrate a viable market for some of the forest's ecosystem services.
		The Makira forest region, which consists of about 350,000 hectares (approximately 1,350 square miles), is one of the largest remaining patches of rain forest on the island.
		The primary threats to Makira are from slash and burn agriculture, uncontrolled bush fires, and mining.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-03/ci-moc032105.php (1004 words)

	Vanuatu News Port Vila Presse Online :: Makira Island receives World Discovery for the first time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Paramount chief, Tarinua Namata of Makira Island welcomed the 60 tourists and later ordered young tour guides to take tourists to villages and up to the mountain where most gardens are situated.
		The tourists' leader thanked the chief and his people for the hospitality received and said that Makira, which appears as a dot on the map of Vanuatu, will be included in the world Tourism map in order to bring more tourists.
		People of Makira farewelled the visitors with a song of farewell and they went back to the ship.
	www.vanuatu.net.vu /cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm_tools.cgi?print=1104;s=2_8;site=6 (300 words)

	CELB - Conservation Carbon: The Makira Forest, Madagascar
		The Makira Forest Project, managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), is located in the northeastern region of Madagascar known as the Maroantesetra region.
		The Makira Forest represents the largest remaining contiguous forest in eastern Madagascar and is of ut-most importance for long-term conservation especially in light of global climate changes.
		Makira is currently occupied by local ethnic and community groups that practice slash- and-burn agriculture on existing forest when they have outgrown the use of the lowlands for rice patties and seek new rice ﬁelds up the river.
	www.celb.org /xp/CELB/programs/climate/conservation_carbon_makira.xml (1047 words)

	Oceania Football Confederation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Makira's form during the pool games suggested they would be too powerful for the capital lads, but the underdogs rose to the occasion.
		Makira, stung into action, mounted wave after wave of attack but Honiara were able to hold on till the half-time break.
		In the second stanza, Makira continued to make most of the play camping in Honiara's half for long periods but were unable to find the back of the net from numerous shots on goal.
	www.oceaniafootball.com /index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1453&sID=12 (441 words)

	The Beauty and Danger of Ecotourism: Trekking the Highlands of Makira Island, Solomon Islands
		Because Makira Island was isolated for long stretches of time during periods of high sea level, a wide variety of unique plants and animals evolved.
		The reasons for landowner agreement to logging concessions include the desire for cash and status on the part of "big men." Many Makira communities have already succumbed to the relatively large amounts of cash that the logging companies offer people in order to cut high-grade timber on their land.
		To resist these threats, the CID program established Makira's first conservation area, which consists of approximately 63,000 hectares of largely undisturbed indigenous vegetation, representing the second largest protected area in the South Pacific.
	www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/bcn/results/ecotour.htm (4184 words)

	Makira wins first
		In the history of Solomon soccer, Makira never won a tournament and this win was a real boost for soccer in that province.
		The format used was the winner in the two pools proceeded to the final and runners-up, the losers final.
		Their win, Mr Harisimae says, has boosted soccer in that province and ordinary people in Makira are proud after so many years of being minnows in Solomon soccer they now can count themselves among the top.
	www.siff.com.sb /makira_wins_first.htm (677 words)

	New Protected Areas Keep Madagascar’s Conservation Vision On Track
		An estimated one percent of the world’s biodiversity is found in Makira and Masoala: Many of the forests’ wildlife inhabitants, including lemurs, serpent eagles, chameleons, and geckos, live nowhere else on Earth.
		The newly established Makira Protected Area adds 371,000 additional hectares (1,432 square miles) to the existing 230,000 hectares (888 square miles) of protected forest in Masoala National Park, both of which now contain more than 10 percent of the Madagascar’s remaining humid forests and approximately 50 percent of the island’s biodiversity.
		The forests of Masoala and Makira also form the watershed for the magnificent Antongil Bay, where WCS is working to conserve coastal and marine environments and protect species such as humpback whales and dugongs.
	www.wcs.org /353624/madagascarsnewprotectedarea (695 words)

	Cichlid Press makira
		Specific epithet makira used as a noun in apposition.
		Ptychochromis makira is known only from the type series, collected in the Antainambalana River, just north of Maroansetra.
		Pt makira is further distinguished from all congeners except Pt.
	www.cichlidpress.com /referenceservice/species_m/makira.htm (144 words)

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		Res Solomon Is except Ulawa, Rannonga, Simbo, Ramos, Makira, Rennell, Bellona (Hadden 2004).
		Res e Solomon Is (Savo, Guadalcanal, Malaita, Ugi Is, Makira, Rennell, Bellona).
		Res Solomon Is (Bougainville, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal, Malaita, Ghizo, Kolombangara, Nggatokae, Makira, Santa Anna, Hadden 2004).
	www.rosssilcock.com /14.htm (1635 words)

	Valan-javaboaharin'i Masoala (Madagasikara) : manodidina an'i Masoala? - Makira
		Manana fivelarana eo amin'ny 385 000 ha eo ho eo sy 850 km mamehy azy, Makira dia mitoetra amin'ny faritra avaratr'i Mananara avaratra hatrany Andapa, Maroantsetra ary Antsakabary, izay mbola eo ambany fileovan'i Befandriana avaratra.
		Ny ampahany lehibe amin'i Makira dia tafiditra ao anatin'i Maroantsetra, faritanin'i Toamasina.
		Noho io toerana misy azy ara-jeôgrafika io, ny faritra voaaron'i Makira dia mety hanana, azy manokana, toerana idealy ho an'ireo karazam-biby tsy dia fahita firy, kanefa mety ho hita any amin'ireo ala mando lava sy manamorona ny ranomasina eto Madagasikara.
	www.masoala.org /mg/makira.htm (206 words)

	BCN: Oil Nuts and Tourism in the Forests of Makira Island
		Conservation International is working with SIDT and the Maruia Society in Makira, Solomon Islands, an area of highly significant regional biodiversity and home to indigenous communities still engaged in relatively traditional resource use.
		Many Makira communities have already succumbed to the relatively large amounts of cash the logging companies offer people to high grade the timber on their land.
		The CID team of SIDT and Maruia Society/Conservation International has been working with the Hauta and Warohito communities for the past four years to define the conservation area and to identify enterprises whose viability is linked to the need to conserve the area's biodiversity.
	www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/bcn/learning/ar96/makira19.htm (979 words)

	Makira Island, Solomon Islands - John Seach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Makira Island is located in the eastern Solomons.
		Makira has more inland swamps and crocodiles than any other island in the Solomons.
		There is evidence of survivors from Mendana's 1595 expedition landing at Pamua on Makira's north coast.
	www.volcanolive.com /makira.html (113 words)

	Makira Moorhen (Gallinula silvestris) - BirdLife species factsheet
		However, it probably remains extant because there have been recent reports of individuals being caught by dogs in 2001 and 2002, and further surveys are needed in the Wainoni hills and in the swamps of north Makira.
		Ecology The specimen was taken at 600 m and the 1953 sighting was at c.450 m in the central ranges of Makira.
		Although most of the lowlands of Makira have been logged or are under logging concessions, forests on steep, rocky slopes are likely to be safe from commercial logging.
	www.birdlife.org /datazone/species?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2934&m=0 (696 words)

	Sacred Mystery School
		The angels and Divine Mother emissaries call you to recognise that the Makira pod is called forth to work with anchoring and grounding the pillars of the Divine Mother Lodge through the Mother portals of the Earth by deeply connecting to this lineage and frequency that lays within.
		For those of you who are guided to open this within you, you may connect to sacredmysteryschool@g-a-i-a.com or fill out the registration form for the Makira Pod that accompanies this.
		These pages are acessible only to Makira pod members for the purpose of creating a heart connection and bond to all others training in the pod.
	www.g-a-i-a.com /trainings_retreats_tours/sms-training/invitation.php (2199 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- March 1998, week 3 (#148)
		Although many places lack a well developed tourist infrastructure, the local people were almost always friendly and helpful, which for us made this an enjoyable holiday as well as a successful birding trip.
		Makira The main site for birds on this island is Hauta village which is a days walk from the main town and airport of Kirakira.
		The villagers at Hauta and surrounding settlements have recently initiated an ecotourism project to, raise revenue as an alternative to logging their forests.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9803c&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=10652 (4034 words)

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		Of the Internally Displaced Persons; Central Makira Constituency received the highest IDP's with a total of 53 families, East Makira Constituency second with 24 families followed by West Makira Constituency with 2 and Ulawa/Ugi the least with one Internally Displaced family.
		Out of those IDS's, 52 went to schools in Central Makira Constituency, 36 were displaced to schools in Ulawa/Ugi Constituency and 21 students each for schools in East and West Makira Constituencies.
		It was noted that most of the IDSs came from schools in Honiara representing 63% from the total while 18.18% came from schools on Guadalcanal, 9.09% displaced from schools in Western province and the same percentage is true for schools within Makira/Ulawa province itself.
	www.idpproject.org /Sites/IdpProjectDb/idpSurvey.nsf/wViewCountries/8D1805E175605E2FC1256ABC002E7843 (438 words)

	Seed Savers Network: 81 Different Bananas Found in Solomon Islands Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The PMN chose Makira Province to do this Banana collection because bananas are very important for food security and many Makira people consider that they have more varieties of banana than other parts of Solomon Islands.
		'Hem nao less long Makira moa', was PMN field worker Dorothy Tamasia's comment when she reported on the number of Bananas collected from villages all over Makira province and planted at the Manivovo Rural Training Centre.
		If people of Makira lose banana varieties then they are losing an important part of their culture and way of life that they can never get back again.
	www.genevar.com.au /seedsavers/news/77.html (1086 words)

	Solomon Islands National Olympic Commitee
		Makira who have tall players and fresh destroyed the dream of Western province who tried to gain confidence after went down to Honiara.
		As the time tick away, both team were on equal score and before the whistel blow to end the game, Makira scored their winning goal which made their supporters went wild.
		Makira players were shed tears of happiness when they won this game.
	www.oceaniasport.com /solomon/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=398&sID=35 (575 words)

	Makira squad \| Solomon Star Newspaper
		AS an indigenous Makira man, I was very happy to read that Makira is participating in the Solomon Cup to be held next month in Honiara.
		Though I won’t be in Honiara to cheer you my provincial squad, I on behalf of Makira students who are unable to be there would like to wish them all the best.
		To the people of Makira in and around Honiara, your support is very important.
	www.solomonstarnews.com /drupal-4.4.1?q=node/view/5039 (289 words)

	The Hindu News Update Service
		The Dixie Chicks' offset will be achieved through their partial funding of the Makira Forest Project, an initiative of the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the government of Madagascar and CI to permanently protect 350,000 hectares (850,000 acres) of tropical rain forest in the North East region of Madagascar.
		The region is home to several critically endangered plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet, such as the Madagascar serpent eagle and silky sifaka, a lemur known for its rattling calls to warn of aerial predators.
		The biodiversity hotspots are 34 regions worldwide where 75 percent of the planet's most threatened animal and plants survive within habitat covering just 2.3 percent of the Earth's surface (roughly equivalent to the combined areas of the five largest U.S. states).
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/holnus/008200609222190.htm (918 words)

	Tam Tam :: Aelan blong Makira i risivim turis long fes taem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ship ia i karem 60 turis everiwan i go soa mo long ples nao ol pipol i welkamem olgeta wetem kastom danis mo singsing blong string band we i lidim olgeta igo kasem long Nakamal.
		Lida blong ol turis i talem se Makira long hem emi wan Paradise blong hem mo taem hemi go soa emi fil se emi no wan stranger.
		Hemi talem tu se Makira hemi wan smol dot nomo long map blong Vanuatu be naoia bambae ol turis i kam blong save aelan ia from naes sanbij blong hem mo ol pipol blong hem tu.
	www.vanuatu.net.vu /cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm_tools.cgi?print=147;s=8_4;site=5 (276 words)

	The Cichlid Room Companion - Ptychochromis makira Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
		There is currently no quality picture available to illustrate Ptychochromis makira Stiassny and Sparks, 2006, should you have one you would like to contribute, please get in contact with the editor.
		Ptychochromis makira is known only from the type series, collected in the Antainambalana River just north of Maroansetra in northeastern Madagascar.
		The southern range limit of Ptychochromis makira is not known with certainty, but it is possible that Ptychochromis makira is conspecific with populations of similarly pigmented Ptychochromis reported by local fishermen to occur as far south as the coastal towns of Manompana and Mananara (Stiassny and Sparks, 2006).
	www.cichlidae.com /gallery/species.php?s=1661 (338 words)

	banana diversity found in Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Plant researchers in the Solomon Islands have discovered an unexpected diversity of banana varieties on the island of Makira.
		If people of Makira lose their banana varieties then they are losing an important part of their culture they can never get back again.
		A participatory approach and the passing on of skills are key attributes of the approach taken by the PMN and its sister organisation, the Kastom Gaden Association.
	www.permacultureinternational.org /articles/bananadiversity.htm (1160 words)

	Conservation International and SC Johnson partner again to offset carbon impacts
		Land-use based carbon-offset projects, such as the Makira Forest, are designed to implement actions to address global climate change and biodiversity protection while benefiting local community sustainability projects.
		Currently, global deforestation accounts for about 20 percent of the annual emissions of greenhouse gases, and wide-scale climate change is expected to accelerate biodiversity loss and species extinctions over the next 100 years.
		"Through the Makira Forest Project, we are working to successfully reduce deforestation and preserve Madagascar's nature beauty and biodiversity, which doesn't exist anywhere else on the planet," said Helen Crowley, Madagascar Country Director at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-06/ci-cia061305.php (890 words)

	SportingPulse Homepage for Solomon Islands Games - Athletics
		Interviewing old Jim today, he said this Solomon Games brings back some of his memories to when he is in the Solomon Islands national athletics team back in the 70s.
		As the likes of Jim and Primo can prove, Makira is a haven for great runners and they will be expecting to reap a rich harvenst of medals from these Games.
		Come to Makira and lets all have fun and set personal best and break national records.
	www.sportingpulse.com /assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3512-0-0-0&sID=33895&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=208045§ionID=33895 (229 words)

	PGR News from the Pacific
		The Makira assessment has just been posted on the Terracircle website here.
		An unusual feature of the Coast is the dominance of Cyrtosperma chamissonis, giant swamp taro or kakake as it is called on Makira and throughout Solomon Islands.
		Previously, it was a reserve food or restricted to ceremonial use, now it is common in all villages from Tawarogha to Wanahata.
	papgren.blogspot.com /2006/12/sustainable-livelihoods-in-makira.html (560 words)

	RollingStone.com: Pearl Jam : Pearl Jam Go Green : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Pearl Jam plan to offset the estimated 5,700 tons of greenhouse gas emissions generated by the trucks, buses, airplanes and their fans' 1 million cars on their current world tour by purchasing 5,700 tons of carbon produced by the Makira Rainforest Conservation project in Madagascar.
		Pearl Jam then purchased the carbon to conserve it, offsetting the warming potential of the emissions.
		The Makira rainforest conservation project is housed on a 1400 square mile area that stores 140 million tons of CO2 at risk of being lost to the atmosphere through fire and logging and is home to thousands of rare and endangered plant and animal species.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5935830 (175 words)

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