Biodiversity through Domestication
Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2013 It is not widely known that Melanesia became a centre of horticulture and arboriculture about 8,000 years ago: taro (Colocasia esculenta, Cyrtosprema chamissonis, Alocasia macrorrhiza); sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), a close relative called sayur ...
Wulf Schiefenhövel
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Introduction to Pentecostal Witchcraft and Spiritual Politics in Africa and Melanesia [PDF]
, 2017 Knut Rio +2 more
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Nesting conservation priorities by geographic scale: preliminary lessons from the application of percent thresholds to the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas for Marine Turtles in Melanesia [PDF]
, 2011 N. De Silva, D. K. Bass
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Negotiating social identity through material practices with stone. In From Field to Museum—Studies from Melanesia in Honour of Robin Torrence, ed. Jim Specht, Val Attenbrow, and Jim Allen [PDF]
, 2021 Pip Rath, Nina Kononenko
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Breaking away from the land policy stalemate [PDF]
, 2015 Unlocking the potential of land is crucial for realising the development aspirations of the people of Papua New Guinea and the island nations of the Pacific, yet land policy development has largely been absent in these countries. Land is a political ‘hot
Levantis, Theo, Yala, Charles
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The Value of Tropical Biodiversity in Rural Melanesia
Valuation Studies, 2016 In this paper we discuss differences in the ways transnational conservationists and Melanesian farmers, hunters and fishers value ‘biodiversity’. The money for conservation projects in developing countries originates from people who are embedded in a ...
Simon Foale, Michelle Dyer, Jeff Kinch
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Falling Through the Net? Gender and Social Protection in the Pacific [PDF]
, 2015 This paper examines the gender dimensions and implications of social protection in relation to rapid transformations in the globalizing economies in the Pacific region. The paper analyzes the dynamics of gender and social protection in three countries of
Anna Naupa +4 more
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Community assembly of coral reef fishes along the Melanesian biodiversity gradient.
PLoS ONE, 2017 The Indo-Pacific is home to Earth's most biodiverse coral reefs. Diversity on these reefs decreases from the Coral Triangle east through the islands of Melanesia.
Joshua A Drew, Kathryn L Amatangelo
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The emergent middle classes in Timor-Leste and Melanesia: conceptual issues and developmental significance [PDF]
The concept of an emerging middle class provides a useful entry point for understanding significant developmental and political transformations in Timor-Leste and Melanesia and is important for informing development policies.
John Cox, Julien Barbara, Michael Leach
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