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EDITORIAL: Melanesian media freedom
The sovereign states of Melanesia are countries where the yoke of colonialism and struggles for independence are still within living memory. There are territories within Melanesia where the questions and complexities associated with achieving self ...
Kasun Ubayasiri +3 more
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Elections Trends in Melanesia and Prospects for the 2014 Solomon Islands Elections [PDF]
With Solomon Islands due to go to the polls in late 2014, it is timely to reflect on how elections in Melanesia are trending, and what we might expect with the upcoming polls. Rather than improving, the integrity of elections in Melanesia is diminishing.
Haley, Nicole
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Is Biometric Voter Registration the Way Forward for Melanesia? [PDF]
Recent experiences in Fiji and Solomon Islands provide examples of roll improvements supported by biometric technology, although the true costs and benefits associated with biometric voter registration (BVR) in Melanesia are yet to be established ...
Zubrinich, Kerry, Haley, Nicole
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This paper develops the theory of the social contagion of violence by proposing a four-part analytical framework that focuses on: (1) contagious narratives and the accompanying behavioural script about the use of violence as a response to those ...
Miranda Forsyth, Philip Gibbs
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Ben Bohane's portrayal of spirit and war in Melanesia
As a photojournalist, writer and producer of television documentaries, Ben Bohane has spent the past 12 years posting stories about life on the islands of Melanesia to the Western media—illuminating the struggles and the spirit worlds behind the news ...
Ben Bohane, Bec Dean
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Who’s setting the agenda? Philanthropic donor influence in marine conservation
We are in a period of unprecedented growth in conservation philanthropy. How will this influx of private funding affect conservation agendas? Inspired by a collaborative research co-design process, this paper addresses questions about how foundations ...
Ash Enrici +9 more
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On the human ethology of food sharing
This paper compares various explanatory concepts of food sharing in humans. In many animal species, parents share food with their offspring, thus investing into the 50% of their own genes present in each child.
Schiefenhövel Wulf
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Commentary: In a global context of national security anxiety, governments across the world are passing an increasing number of laws in response to terror-related threats.
Marie M'Balla-Ndi Oelgemoeller +1 more
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The strength of the 'enabling environment' for development is often considered to be one of the key elements in whether development initiatives fail or succeed. Attempts to strengthen the enabling environment have resulted in a series of checklists and
Katherine F. Shields +6 more
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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
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