Pandemic, climate threats and economic hardship in illegal sea cucumber harvesting on Ontong Java

As a result of the growing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the everyday challenges of climate change, some people of the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) claim to have had no choice but to engage in illegal out-of-season harvesting of sea cucumbers and other marine resources as a means of survival. The MOI are part of the Solomon Islands province of Malaita.

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