Potential of ethno-veterinary medicine in animal health care practices in the South Pacific Island countries: a review

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 2193-2203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archibold G. Bakare ◽  
Shipra Shah ◽  
Vingelle Bautista-Jimenez ◽  
Jahangeer A. Bhat ◽  
Suchindra R. Dayal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
The South ◽  
South Pacific Island ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Pacific Island Countries

scholarly journals Six Oceania microstates: The genesis of media accountability

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shailendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
South Pacific Island ◽  
The Media ◽  
Pacific Island Countries ◽  
Similar Body

Media accountability systems (M*A*S) have been slow to take root in Oceania. Apart from Papua New Guinea, Fiji is the trend-setter in the region. Following the establishment of the Fiji Media Council in the mid-1990s, several other South Pacific island countries were keen to the follow the lead. Tonga now has a similar body with a code of ethics and which includes public members empowered to receive and adjudicate on complaints against the media. In Samoa, a study has been carried out in order to establish a media council-type body. The Solomons Islands Media Council (SIMC) is an industry organisation that does not yet have a complaints procedure. It is considering including this mechanism in line with the Papua New Guinea Media Council with which it shares a website and has a cooperative agreement. This article examines the debate in six South Pacific island countries that have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, self-regulatory M*A*S mechanisms following government pressure. They are the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The article also argues that there are other M*A*S that regional media can adopt besides media councils and this action would make it harder for governments to intervene and introduce regulation.

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