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For many small island nations, fisheries provide residents with both food security and economic stability. However, in order to create effective and sustainable fisheries policies and management that will ensure a growing population can prosper, policy ...
Marc Léopold +5 more
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Gaze is considered a crucial component of early communication between an infant and her caregiver. When communicatively addressed, infants respond aptly to others’ gaze by following its direction.
M. Hernik, Tanya Broesch
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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
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Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) genetic improvement in Vanuatu: Overview of research achievements from 1962 to 2002. Part 2: Improvement of the Vanuatu Tall by hybridization [PDF]
International audienceFrom 1962 to 2002, at the Saraoutou research station on the island of Santo in Vanuatu, a hybrid creation programme was implemented to improve the productive potential of coconut cultivars. The first stage was to create a collection
Baudouin, Luc +6 more
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Objectives This microplastic dataset was collected to address critical gaps in understanding microplastic pollution in Vanuatu's coastal food fish.
Joycinette Vosumbe Botleng +12 more
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"Feeling at home in Vanuatu": Integration of newcomers from the East during the last millennium.
Several localities across the Vanuatu archipelago (Melanesia), so-called 'Polynesian Outliers', are inhabited by communities that display Polynesian linguistic and cultural features although being located outside the Polynesian Triangle.
Wanda Zinger +7 more
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ABSTRACT Objectives Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme workers (hereafter referred to as PALM participants) are integral to Australia's economic landscape, contributing predominantly to agriculture and meatworks sectors. Many PALM participants come from regions with high burdens of blood‐borne viruses (BBVs) such as hepatitis B virus (HBV),
Geraldine Vaughan +3 more
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How do Pacific island households and communities cope with seasonally absent members? [PDF]
Households and communities in the Pacific islands are increasingly likely to have some of their most productive members regularly absent due to growing opportunities for seasonal work abroad.
Gibson, John +3 more
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Tephra fall impacts to buildings: the 2017–2018 Manaro Voui eruption, Vanuatu
Building damage from tephra falls can have a substantial impact on exposed communities around erupting volcanoes. There are limited empirical studies of tephra fall impacts on buildings, with none on tephra falls impacting traditional thatched timber ...
Susanna F. Jenkins +6 more
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Objective The present study evaluates the use of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), a type of exploratory factor analysis designed to reduce the dimensionality of large categorical data sets, in identifying behaviours associated with measures of ...
Andrew Van Horn +12 more
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