Selling the Land: Should It Stop? : A Case Study from the South Pacific

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
The South

scholarly journals Law, land, development and narrative: a case-study from the South Pacific

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Farran
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Small Island ◽  
The South ◽  
Indigenous Land Rights ◽  
Indigenous Land

This article explores a primary source of legal studies, case-law, as a form of narrative in the context of indigenous land rights, and considers how this narrative negotiates pre-colonial land claims in a post-colonial context. Its case-study is the South Pacific island country of Vanuatu, a small-island, least-developed, nation-state, where laws introduced under Anglo–French colonial administration are still retained and sit uneasily alongside the customary forms of land tenure which govern ninety percent of all land in the islands. The article looks at the traditional and changing role of narrative presented as evidence by claimants and their witnesses against a context of rapid social and economic change, and asks whether the metamorphosis of narrative signals the future survival or imminent demise of customary indigenous land rights and what that might mean for these island people faced by the pressures of development.

scholarly journals Sources of upper tropospheric HOxover the South Pacific Convergence Zone: A case study

2002 ◽  
Vol 108 (D2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Mari ◽  
Carine Saüt ◽  
Daniel J. Jacob ◽  
François Ravetta ◽  
Bruce Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Convergence Zone ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
The South

scholarly journals The Case of George Brown: Material Culture and the Missionary Enterprise

1969 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Bray
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
The South

This article analyzes the complex and controversial role of material culture in the missionary endeavour of the South Pacific, using as a case study George Brown. Brown’s contributions to the European academic community as well as to his Methodist mission offer scholars an exceptional example of how extensive object collection blurs the line between missionary and ethnographer. With reference to detailed sources written by Brown himself, it is argued that his role as a missionary did not limit Brown’s credibility in an academic environment hungry for first-hand accounts of indigenous culture. Furthermore, this role should enhance (not taint) studies of Brown’s legacy; a collection of objects and texts such as his denies a clear categorization as a missionary or as an ethnographer. The context of George Brown’s collecting therefore merits a “recontextualization” of sorts, as the stigma surrounding the missionary enterprise often obscures the historical value of such prized research.

Some Issues Facing Environmental Organisations in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Neil Taylor ◽  
Subhashni Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Ecology ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The South ◽  
Action Committee ◽  
Government Organisation

AbstractThe South Pacific Action Committee for Human Ecology and the Environment (SPACHEE) is a regional environmental Non Government Organisation (NGO) based in Fiji but serving twelve small island nations in the South Pacific region, and involved in both formal and non-formal environmental education. At present its membership base is very limited numerically, regionally and also in terms of its socio-economic make up. This article analyses SPACHEE's current membership and issues base and makes a number of recommendations as to how the organisation might broaden these. Some suggestions are also made as to how SPACHEE might link its work more explicitly to issues of equality and social justice. These suggestions may have implications for other environmental NGOs in larger developing countries in the region which face similar environmental issues, such as loss of rainforest, degradation of coral reefs and mangrove destruction.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document