The President of Torba Province, Edgar Haward, and the Premier of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands, have made a landmark commitment to establish a massive transboundary Marine Protected Area (MPA) in their shared ocean space.
The announcement follows a face-to-face meeting in Port Vila over the weekend — a rare gathering between the two provincial leaders — to discuss shared challenges, historic ties, and future opportunities.
President Haward said Torba was honored to host Temotu, its neighbor across national solwara borders, recalling how both countries resolved their maritime boundary after 33 years of talks by signing the 2016 Motalava Treaty based on kastom. “We decided that our border is not a fence, but a bridge — our Melanesian Corridor,” he said.
