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Melanesia holds the world’s most diverse and intact insular amphibian fauna [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 Melanesia, centred on the vast tropical island of New Guinea, is shown to have the most diverse and intact insular frog fauna in the world.
Paul M. Oliver +15 more
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A new species of insular treefrog in the Litoria thesaurensis species group from the Nakanai Mountains, New Britain, Papua New Guinea [PDF]
Vertebrate Zoology, 2022 The Islands of East Melanesia have a unique and highly endemic frog fauna derived entirely from overseas colonisation events. Within East Melanesia New Britain is a notable centre of frog diversity and endemism, with at least 15 endemic species, mostly ...
Stephen J. Richards, Paul M. Oliver
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Transoceanic origin of microendemic and flightless New Caledonian weevils [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The origin of the astonishing New Caledonian biota continues to fuel a heated debate among advocates of a Gondwanan relict scenario and defenders of late oceanic dispersal.
Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint +3 more
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Solidarity statement by academics attending MMFF
Pacific Journalism Review, 2020 Delegates to the Melanesia Media Freedom Forum express their solidarity with media workers in Melanesia in their struggle for freedom of expression, security, and professional recognition.
Melanesia Media Freedom Forum
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“Mixed identity of circumstances”: Bronisław Malinowski in Australia and Melanesia
Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2021 During his stay in Australia and Melanesia from 1914 to 1920, the anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski frequently experienced dichotomous and contradictory attitudes to people, places, and events: the contrast between the ‘civilized’ Australia and the ...
Krzysztof Kosecki
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Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2022 This paper offers a preliminary cultural semantic exploration of a key social concept of the Melanesian worldview advanced in the anthropological literature of the area. It is argued that the cultural meaning of this notion can be accessed by focusing on
Paweł Kornacki
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Pitarah Manusia Nusa Tenggara Timur Berdasarkan Ceritera Kromosom Y
Scientiae Educatia: Jurnal Pendidikan Sains, 2017 STUDY OF HUMAN ANCESTORS NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR INDONESIA BASED ON Y CHROMOSOME.Genetic studies conducted in NTT region focused on four islands namely Flores, Sumba, Alor, and Timor.
Meti OFI Tefu, Ferry Fredy Karwur
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The Melanesian Media Declaration
Pacific Journalism Review, 2020 We, the participants at the Melanesian Media Freedom representing media from Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and West Papua, wish to express concern about growing threats to media freedom in our region and call on members of our industry
Melanesia Media Freedom Forum
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Cultural Heritage and Identity in the Literature of Australian South Sea Islanders and Other Media
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2013 Australian South Sea Islanders represent a small community whose ancestors mainly came from Melanesian Islands to work as indentured labour in the sugar cane plantations of Queensland from the 1860’s to the beginning of the 20th century.
Carine Davias
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In her own words: Melanesian women in media
Pacific Journalism Review, 2020 Representation of women in media has been a noted gender equity issue globally for decades. Given the increasing encroachments into press freedom in Melanesia, female journalists and media workers face serious challenges.
Faith Valencia-Forrester +2 more
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