scholarly journals Development of guidelines for fitness training based on local wisdom of the Malind Tribe to victims of drug abuse

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-285
Author(s):  
Arifin Ika Nugroho ◽  
Hendra Jondry Hiskya ◽  
Carolus Wasa ◽  
Jori Lahinda
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Border Communities ◽  
Fitness Training

Drug abuse is a social problem with a very wide negative impact and in its recovery it needs several solutions. The emphasis of the discussion in this study is the fact in the field that it shows the pattern of implementation of physical and health guidance so far it has only been an unstructured, measurable, and comprehensive implementation. The research is aimed at developing fitness training guidelines and healthy lifestyles based on local wisdom for victims of drug use that are feasible and effective, which will be provided to victims of drug use in the border communities of Indonesia-Papua New Guinea, Merauke Papua. The method used in this research is the Research and Development method, it is chosen as a method for producing certain products and testing the effectiveness of the products to be developed, namely guidelines for fitness training and healthy lifestyles based on local wisdom for drug use victims. The steps of data collection techniques in this research are preliminary study, planning, initial draft, draft trial, small and large scale data, final product, and effectiveness test (Cooper test-12 minutes). The population in this study amounts to 20 people consisting of officers/practitioners in indigenous communities/villages and victims of drug abuse in the Indonesian-Papua New Guinea Border Community, Merauke Papua. The sampling technique in this study uses purposive sampling. The data analysis technique used in this research is quantitative descriptive analysis and descriptive analysis. The results of the study show the feasibility and effectiveness of developing guidelines for fitness training and healthy living patterns based on local wisdom that can be used for drug use victims in the border communities of RI-PNG Merauke Papua.

The Wisdom of the Phantom: The Secret Life of Australia’s Indigenous Superhero

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-124
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Comic Book ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Indigenous Communities

Kevin Patrick analyzes how Indigenous readers and audiences are not passive consumers of non-Indigenous mainstream comic book superheroes. As such he analyzes how superhero, The Phantom, has been actively metabolized and transformed by Indigenous communities throughout Australasia, Papua New Guinea.

Response of barramundi, Lates calcarifer, populations in the Fly River, Papua New Guinea to mining, fishing and climate-related perturbation

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 969 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Milton ◽  
Markson Yarrao ◽  
Gary Fry ◽  
Charles Tenakanai
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Commercial Fishery ◽  
Artisanal Fishery ◽  
Lates Calcarifer ◽  
Gill Nets ◽  
Breeding Grounds ◽  
Catch Rates ◽  
Fly River

Migrating barramundi (Perciformes : Centropomidae) spawners support a valuable artisanal fishery on the coast of south-western Papua New Guinea. This fishery declined dramatically during the 1990s shortly after the large Ok Tedi copper mine began in the headwaters of the large Fly River nearby. In order to understand the factors causing the decline, populations were sampled quarterly with gill-nets at over 20 sites throughout the Fly River from 1987 to 2001. Barramundi were most abundant in the middle and upper reaches of the Fly River. No evidence was found that output from the large Ok Tedi mine was negatively impacting on barramundi catch rates. However, the commercial fishery in the middle Fly River was found to have a negative impact on the weight of barramundi in monitoring catches in that region. Additionally, catch rates of juvenile barramundi (1 year olds) in the Fly River were negatively correlated with the amount of rainfall on the breeding grounds during the previous monsoon. This suggests that the reduced catch rates in the coastal commercial fishery in the late 1980s and early 1990s may have been affected by both the riverine commercial fishery and the El Niño (ENSO) that occurred at that time.

scholarly journals Cultural Lineage Constraints to Public Housing Affordability in Papua New Guinea

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
James Seniela ◽  
Jacob Adejare Babarinde ◽  
Suman Steven Holis
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
High Dependency ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Port Moresby ◽  
The Impact

<p><em>This paper investigates the impact of cultural lineage (wantokism) in Papua New Guinea on public housing affordability and sustainability in the country, using the two largest cities of Port Moresby and Lae as case studies in a country that has maintained strong cultural bonds of families, clans and tribes for centuries to support each other in the Melanesian way. In principle, public housing units are subsidised by government and other public institutions to cushion the harsh effects of inflation and property market externalities on low- and middle-income civil servants who can hardly afford market rentals. However, other factors such as cultural lineage (wantokism)</em><em> </em><em>tend</em><em> </em><em>to wipe off the intended benefits of the so-called subsidy. A study of eight (four from each city) randomly selected public housing areas in the two cities of Port Moresby and Lae was carried out in 2016witha representative, stratified random sample of 157 sitting tenants. The stratification of the population was based on low, medium and high</em><em> </em><em>income groups using the country’s public servants’ performance salary scale 2012-2013, which is a secondary database. Data collection instruments were structured questionnaires, formal and informal interviews combined with simultaneous field observations through transact walk. Based on a theoretical framework gleaned from the General Systems Theory, findings indicate that the “cultural lineage” of the indigenous people of PNG has a significant negative impact on public housing affordability exacerbated by adverse economic factors including low</em><em> </em><em>income and low housing allowances paid to public housing tenants by public employers, including the government. The study also reveals that cultural lineage has a significant negative impact on the aggregate income of households due to</em><em> </em><em>extended family size, high incidence of family members who are not gainfully employed,</em><em> </em><em>high dependency rate in the extended families with expected responsibilities as guardians,</em><em> </em><em>marital status of many tenants with many children who attend schools, and the low educational qualifications of some tenants with daunting commitments to the lineage group. The paper makes strategic recommendations including speedy codification of PNG customs, mass empowerment, and improved economic emancipation of the general public for purposes of raising housing affordability levels in PNG in general and in the two cities of Port Moresby and Lae in particular.</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals Quantifying the Evolution and Impact of Antimalarial Drug Resistance: Drug Use, Spread of Resistance, and Drug Failure over a 12‐Year Period in Papua New Guinea

2010 ◽  
Vol 201 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Nsanzabana ◽  
Ian M. Hastings ◽  
Jutta Marfurt ◽  
Ivo Müller ◽  
Kay Baea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Antimalarial Drug ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Antimalarial Drug Resistance

scholarly journals Law and Order in Contemporary Papua New Guinea: an Examination of Causes and Policy Options

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Garry Wakani Sali
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Social Disorder ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Crime And Delinquency ◽  
The One ◽  
Port Moresby ◽  
State Responses

<p>After twenty-one years of independence, problems of law and order remain the single most important issue on the agenda of public debate in Papua New Guinea. The impression is one of rising crime and social disorder, on the one hand, and an ineffective crime prevention capability on the other. Against that background, this thesis offers an exploratory and illuminative account about the nature of crime and delinquency in Papua New Guinea. A general descriptive analysis of causal determinants of crime in Papua New Guinea is offered, with examination of the prevalence of law and order problems in different parts of the country, and the effectiveness of state responses as reported by youths and government officials in the city of Port Moresby, and also by young people and village leaders in the Central Highlands region of the country. The thesis is unique in that it is the first research of its kind to be carried out by a Melanesian scholar belonging to a tribal group whose explanations for crime and delinquency are also given formal acknowledgement. The thesis concludes that as crime and social disorder in Papua New Guinea is manifest with a Melanesian social and cultural setting, it must be examined as a melanesian social problem that requires Melanesian approaches in addressing it.</p>

scholarly journals Editorial

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Ary Mollet
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The World

<p>Today, the Asia Pacific region is one among the fastest growing region in the world with strong economic growth. Due to globalization, world economy has undergone significant changes. While Europe’s economic growth has been slowing down, Asia Pacific’s consistently shows an impressive growth. In the next few years, the economic growth in the region will remain strong, in parallel with improving living standards in the region. With its huge population and strategic location, Asia Pacific offers many opportunities for countries outside the region to embark on collaboration and economic cooperation.</p><p>Papua and PNG are integral parts of Asia Pacific and play a strategic role in the region. Papua and PNG share commonalities in terms of economic development’s approaches. Both regions rely on extractive economies which depend on the exploitation of natural resources. Papua and PNG posses enormous and extraordinary biodiversity, unique to the region. But natural resource-based development has not only threatened but also undermined any effort to protect region’s diverse flora and fauna. With the emergence of Asia Pacific as a new economic powerhouse, the growth has transformed indigenous communities and their livelihood including their economic, cultural and social institutions as well as their relationship with their environment.</p><p>Moreover, although Papua and PNG are resource-rich regions, both have a substantial number of populations who live in poverty or extreme poverty. Income distribution in Papua and PNG demonstrates that there is a striking gap between the poor and the rich. On top of that, the provision of basic services such as education and healthcare is still unevenly distributed. While cities are generally well-served, some areas in the hinterland suffer from a lack of teachers and medical personnel. The fundamental challenges faced by Papua and PNG lie precisely in these aspects: economic, social, cultural and environmental.</p><p>Considering the importance of human development and biodiversity in Papua’s and Papua New Guinea’s contexts, efforts are needed to develop the region, while at the same time, to save and protect region’s immense diversity by improving the quality of life, promoting sustainable development in all sectors, preserving natural resources, and improving community awareness. Furthermore, there is a need to conduct more research and studies related to above mentioned components in order to support better development efforts in the region.</p><p>Papua and PNG have been collaborating in the education sector for a long period, which takes the form of research collaboration, student exchanges, seminars and symposia. This long standing collaboration has strengthened bilateral relations between Papua and PNG. This symposium has persist this tradition as well as add a new tone in the framework of knowledge sharing between educators in Papua, PNG and abroad by bringing together some crucial issues in social sciences and biodiversity in Papua and PNG. Additionally, this symposium is also an important moment for Cenderawasih University as the symposium will be held to commemorate the university’s 53rd anniversary and to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between Papua-Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.</p><p>Cenderawasih University was established on November 10th, 1962. Cenderawasih University is the oldest university in Papua and has committed to develop its human resources and determined to implement the Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi or the Three Principles of Higher Education which focuses on education, research, and contribution to society. This momentum of holding International Conference on Social Sciences and Biodiversity of Papua and Papua New Guinea in Cenderawasih University was vital given that some distinguished experts are gathered from around the world presenting their finest research. We highly expect that this event had inspiring researchers who are interested in exploring further research on the social sciences and biodiversity around Papua and Papua New Guinea.  </p>

The context and potential sustainability of traditional terrestrial periodic tambu areas: insights from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Whitmore ◽  
John Lamaris ◽  
Wallace Takendu ◽  
Daniel Charles ◽  
Terence Chuwek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Vital Rates ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Governance Practices

Within the Pacific over the last two decades there has been greater recognition of the pre-existing tools within indigenous communities for natural resource management. Periodic tambu (Tok Pisin: a prohibition) is an indigenous resource management tool often used across Papua New Guinea. On Manus Island terrestrial periodic tambu areas are characterised by a cycle of resource closure followed by instantaneous harvest. We examine the differing application of periodic tambu areas by three different clans who are using the technique to restock areas with the Admiralty cuscus (Phalangeridae: Spilocuscus kraemeri), an arboreal possum-like marsupial. We examined the plausibility of cuscus population recovery over differing closure periods at three different harvest rates using a composite female-only population projection matrix approach based on the vital rates of closely related phalangerid surrogates. The resultant trajectories suggest that commonly used closure durations may allow recovery at low to medium harvest rates (10–30%) but not at high harvest rates (50%). From this we infer that periodic tambu areas may be a sustainable strategy for customary resource use of Admiralty cuscus at low to medium harvest rates. We found periodic tambu management on Manus Island to be culturally dynamic with clans differing with respect to their purpose, adherence to tradition, and hybridisation with modern land governance practices. Given the past difficulties of imposing exogenous conservation systems in Papua New Guinea, we advocate greater exploration of the merits of endogenous systems such as periodic tambu areas.

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