A functional trait‐based approach to assess the impact of an alien palm invasion on plant and soil communities on a South Pacific island

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estelle Forey ◽  
Sherri Lodhar ◽  
Sunil Gopaul ◽  
Hans Juergen Boehmer ◽  
Matthieu Chauvat
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
Functional Trait ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Soil Communities ◽  
South Pacific Island ◽  
The Impact

Challenges and Issues for Tourism in the South Pacific Island States: The Case of the Fiji Islands

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maheshwar Rao
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Island States ◽  
South Pacific Island ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Fiji Islands ◽  
The Impact

The paper identifies and analyses challenges and issues facing the tourism industry in the most developed South Pacific island state, the Fiji Islands. Many of the challenges identified can be attributed to the interplay among historical factors and events, and the vested interests associated with them. The colonization of Fiji, the historical role of foreign capital in its growth and development, the conflicting socio-economic and political demands of the two major ethnic groups (the indigenous Fijians and immigrant Indo-Fijians), the issue of property rights, and more recently the coups of 1987 and 2000 and the resultant political instability are discussed in relation to the growth and development of the tourism industry. The author also discusses the impact of the coups on the tourism industry and the role of private–public partnerships in the industry's recovery following the coups.

Acute Rheumatic Fever: A population-based study in Wallis, a South Pacific Island

2015 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 30-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Fauchier ◽  
Muriel Tafflet ◽  
Graziella Filitoga ◽  
Laurent Morisse ◽  
Eloi Marijon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Acute Rheumatic Fever ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
South Pacific Island

South Pacific transnational money laundering typologies

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chelliah ◽  
Anita Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
South Pacific Island ◽  
Pacific Island Nations

Purpose The paper aims to present typologies of transnational money laundering in South Pacific island countries, thereby filling a gap in the extant literature. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on seven significant transnational money laundering cases involving South Pacific island nations. It provides analyses of the modus operandi of criminals and classifies those according to typologies from anti-money laundering authorities and bodies. Findings Typologies of money laundering have arrived through a content analysis of seven cases involving transnational money laundering destined for South Pacific island nations. The typologies which have emerged show the predominant forms of transnational money laundering in this region. This knowledge could be useful to government policy-makers and financial institutions pursuing anti-money laundering initiatives. Originality/value There is a dearth of academic research into typologies of transnational money laundering involving the South Pacific. This paper makes a useful contribution to the extant literature by providing the most recent typologies in this respect.

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.

scholarly journals Trends and Variations in South Pacific Island and Ocean Surface Temperatures

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (17) ◽  
pp. 2859-2874 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. Folland ◽  
M. J. Salinger ◽  
N. Jiang ◽  
N. A. Rayner
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
Ocean Surface ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
South Pacific Island
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