The concept of a national park system or areas of protected areas in the Solomon Islands, has potential. But unlike the many parks in the US that displaced the original inhabitants, in the Solomons or Pacific for that matter it is not the right model. For any system of protected areas to work, indigenous peoples (with all the complexities that are involved in land tenure) are integral to any success. A few good examples of some sort of progress in terms of this work can be seen in Tetepare, and Kolomobangara. But looking at different models and applying those that may be useful into a local Melanesian and by site context is possible.
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