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Indigenous Knowledge, Sam Grey Dec 2013

Indigenous Knowledge, Sam Grey

Sam Grey

Indigenous knowledge (IK) includes the expressions, practices, beliefs, understandings, insights, and experiences of Indigenous groups, generated over centuries of profound interaction with a particular territory. Its iterations and mechanisms are unique to each community, even where it shares certain features across groups by virtue of being embedded in a wider, common culture. In all locations IK is the foundation of Indigenous governance, ecological stewardship, social, ethical, linguistic, spiritual, medical, food, and economic systems, so that the continual production and reproduction of local, land-based knowledge is the basis of Indigenous identity and sense of place in the world, as well as …


Regionalism In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley, Edward Wolfers Apr 2013

Regionalism In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley, Edward Wolfers

Charles M Hawksley

While Europe demonstrates tendencies towards centralization of authority and coordination through the European Parliament and Commission and common policies, Pacific regionalism is more diverse and decentralized. With an estimated 700 governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Asia-Pacific region overall (Crocombe 2007: 13), it is clear that Pacific regionalism involves several combinations of actors in different type of formal and informal organizations with a variety of purposes. With its history of colonization, ongoing decolonization and the interplay of the interests of several regional and global powers, regionalism in the Pacific Islands is a rich tapestry of organizations that address issues of …


Role Of Regional Organisations In Meeting Los Convention Challenges: The Western And Central Pacific Experience, Ben Tsamenyi, Lara Manarangi-Trott Mar 2013

Role Of Regional Organisations In Meeting Los Convention Challenges: The Western And Central Pacific Experience, Ben Tsamenyi, Lara Manarangi-Trott

Professor Ben M Tsamenyi

No abstract provided.


International Marine Conservation Law And Its Implementation In Australia, G. Rose, Ben Tsamenyi, Alison Castle Mar 2013

International Marine Conservation Law And Its Implementation In Australia, G. Rose, Ben Tsamenyi, Alison Castle

Professor Ben M Tsamenyi

No abstract provided.


The Implications Of The Wcpfc For Australia's Maritime Regulation And Enforcement, Ben Tsamenyi, Lara Manarangi-Trott Mar 2013

The Implications Of The Wcpfc For Australia's Maritime Regulation And Enforcement, Ben Tsamenyi, Lara Manarangi-Trott

Professor Ben M Tsamenyi

No abstract provided.