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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.We report on two species of Strobilanthes Blume. Strobilanthes panichanga (Nees) T.Anderson has been rediscovered in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, India, after a very long gap of 150 years, and Strobilanthes parryorum C.E.C.Fisch has been discovered for the first time in Assam, India.
Kapil Kumar Kemprai, Souravjyoti Borah
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Pacific 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
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Translating transitional justice: the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission [PDF]
, 2014 This paper contends that although the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission replicated the structure and operation of a truth commission based on a globalised and placeless theory of best practice in transitional justice, it was not ...
Louise Vella
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Reconstructing Early Human Subsistence in Near Oceania: New Insights From Matenkupkum and Matenbek
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The colonization of New Ireland ~44–40,000 years ago represents the earliest evidence of human occupation in Near Oceania. Yet, the precise impacts of climatic changes on subsistence strategies during the Late Pleistocene, Last Glacial Maximum, and Holocene remain poorly understood.
Joëlle den Toom +3 more
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International migration in a sea of islands: Challenges and opportunities for insular Pacific spaces [PDF]
, 2008 Our contribution to the International Conference “Connecting Worlds: Emigration, Immigration and Development in Insular Spaces”, held in the Azores between 28 and 30 May 2008, examines contemporary mobility of Pacific peoples in a transnational context ...
Bedford, Richard, Hugo, Graeme
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Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner +4 more
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IMPACT Biophysical characteristics of Wosi Watershed area in Manokwari Regency, Indonesia
Journal 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
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Greed and grievance: the role of economic agendas in the conflict in Solomon Islands [PDF]
, 2015 This article investigates the applicability of the influential economics of civil war literature to the case of the conflict which occurred in Solomon Islands between 1998 and 2003.
Allen, Matthew
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American Ethnologist, EarlyView.Abstract This commentary examines how artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes scholarly authorship through Fredrik Barth's figures of the guru and the conjurer. The guru instructs within moral and scholarly frameworks, while the conjurer mystifies through spectacle.
Jaap Timmer, Anna‐Karina Hermkens
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Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Current evidence on incidence and progression rate of diabetic retinopathy reveals disparities across Australasia, and no pooled estimates are available to guide region‐wide planning. This review and meta‐analysis assesses the overall incidence, determinants and progression of diabetic retinopathy in Australasia.
Getasew Alemu Mersha +6 more
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