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Journey through the many stories and worlds of the immortal Vela, the Samoan song maker, poet and storyteller- Vela who was so red and ugly at birth they called him the cooked Vela the lonely admirer of pigs and the connoisseur of feet; Vela the lover of Song Maker Mulialofa. WINNER 2010 ASIA-PACIFIC COMMONWEALTH WRITERS AWARD
Pacific people have survived in vulnerable environments for thousands of years. this collection documents Pacific notions of adaption and survival. The articles portray how Pacific societies live the principles of ESD in their daily lives. 'Continuity and Survival' provides and avenue for deeper understandings of indigenous notions of Education for Sustainable living and development. (Vol 3 also available)
In describing his own life and struggles, his siblings and his parents Devendran Kumaran also vividly portrays the trying conditions not only of every Indian family in Fiji but of humanity generally.
Written from archival research and observation, TUIMACILAI is a biographical study of Ratu Sir Kamasese Mara, leading figure in the South Pacific whose background, character, role in the traditional as well as national life, political difficulties, achievements, and failures are obviously worthy of being put on record for their own sake quite apart from the fact that assessment of evidence has educative value. Written by Deryck Scarr.
A majority of the people in the Melanesian countries depend on agriculture for at least a part of their livelihood. In long term development of these economies, agriculture will decline in relative importance.
Pacific Island Countries have united internationally to contest the negative external impacts of Western technology - such as the disposal of poison gas and toxic waste at Johnston Atoll, the tranportation of nuclear materials, nuclear testing at Mururoa, and the overwhelming prospects of global warming and rising sea-level.
The Republic of Marshall Islands located in eastern Micronesia is one of the world's few atoll island nations. As other coral islands elsewhere, life is precarious, with limited opportunities for economic growth, partly as a result of restricted land mass and exceptional vulnerability to natural and human-induced hazards.
Samoans have exploited the forests for centuries, but always in an environmentally sound way. With relatively small population few material needs, and no machinery or steel axes, only small patches of forest were cleared for agricultural plots.
The subject of this book is the traditional and current uses of plants in Samoa.The word ethnobotany is composed of two root words of Greek origin,ethnos,meaning a "race" or people and botanikos, referring of course to plants.
Science of Pacific Island Peoples is a series of four volumes which contains a unique collection of traditional scientific and technical knowledge, from the Pacific Islands. This, the second, volume on Land Use and Agriculture.
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