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Melanesia irks Malaysia

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 1996
Malaysia's Primary Industries Minister Datuk Seti Dr Lim Keng Yaik, disturbed by attacks by environmentalists on companies from his country for overlogging, led a two-week forestry mission to PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in early 1996 to have a first-
Alex Choong
doaj   +1 more source

Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculosis in Solomon Islands: why declining case notifications may not reflect true incidence

open access: yesWestern Pacific Surveillance and Response
Interpretation of tuberculosis (TB) surveillance data in Solomon Islands between 2016 and 2022 should be informed by local conditions, including pandemic disruptions in contact tracing. The TB surveillance data recently reported by Yanagawa et al.
Dylan M Bush   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Civil society and media: The relevance in Fiji, Tonga and PNG

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2001
PNG's Melanesian societies with Polyneasian societies like Tonga and Samoa, which evolved the familiar authoritarian feudal structures, which are always in tension with democratic institutions.
David Lea
doaj   +1 more source

HTLV screening and confirmatory testing among blood donors in São Paulo: A cross‐sectional study

open access: yesTransfusion Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Human T‐cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 (HTLV‐1/2) are transfusion‐transmissible retroviruses associated with severe diseases, and blood donor screening is mandatory in Brazil. Increasing HTLV‐related discard rates at our institution prompted this study to determine the prevalence and incidence of HTLV‐1/2 and to investigate
Suzete C. Ferreira   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acknowledgements

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 1996
I believe Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, and the South Pacific are still a long way from utopia. But as we strive for a better future, I'll continue to play my part by contributing to understanding as a cartoonist...
Campion Ohasio
doaj   +1 more source

Melanesia [PDF]

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, 1905
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K., A. H., Ribbe, Carl, Schnee, Heinrich
openaire   +1 more source

Living in the Mycelial World

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

Diplazium subquadripinnatum (Copel.) Lellinger (Athyriaceae): A New Record for the Flora of Niue Resolves an 85‐Year Mystery

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 3, September 2026.
A fern collection made by T. G. Yuncker on 27 January 1940 from tropical rainforest forest in Niue had only been identified to its genus and lacked a species determination. Yuncker in his 1943 flora referred the collection to Athyrium Roth, whereas W. R. Sykes in his 1970 flora treated it as Diplazium Sw. Examination of the Yuncker 9916 specimen (BISH!)
Peter B. Heenan
wiley   +1 more source

IMPACT Biophysical characteristics of Wosi Watershed area in Manokwari Regency, Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, 2023
Flood is number one Indonesian natural disaster in the last 10 years and its occurrence at Manokwari is frequently reported. Biophysical condition is playing a key role in carrying capacity of this catchment area.
Mahmud   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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