Recently added articles from Tok Blong Pasifik:
Papua New Guinea's indigenous people vs. Barrick Gold.
Jun 22, 2009; Catalinotto, John ... You're sitting on a gold mine is supposed to mean you have a great opportunity to become really wealthy. The Indigenous Ipili people of the highland Enga Province of Papua New Guinea have literally been sitting on a gold mine for millennia. But instead of bringing wealth, the ...
Moruroa: the story isn't over: in Tahiti, Polynesian workers have launched an historic compensation case over their exposure to radiation during French nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
Jun 22, 2009; Maclellan, Nic ... Teraivetea Raymond Taha was just 16 when he started working on Moruroa Atoll, the site of France's nuclear testing centre in the South Pacific. "I left school at 12 years of age after my father died, as I had to help out the family," he explains. "At that time, the Pacific ...
Ocean acidification could harm shellfish trade.(News and Views)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Ocean acidification is a side effect of human industrial activity. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, more carbon dioxide is dissolved in ocean surface waters, producing carbonic acid and pushing up the acidity of the water. This change in environment is bad news for a number of ...
Concern in Bougainville over missing money for islands displaced by climate change.(News and Views)
Jun 22, 2009 ... The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives in Papua New Guinea's autonomous province of Bougainville says she's appalled that millions of kina earmarked for the relocation of Carteret Islanders to the main island has gone missing. Francesca Semoso says 746 thousand US ...
Palau to take Gantanamo Uighurs.(News and Views)
Jun 22, 2009 ... The Pacific nation of Palau says it has agreed to a US request to temporarily resettle up to 17 Chinese Muslims. The 17 men are ethnic Uighurs and are currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Cuba. Guantanamo Bay officials have been attempting to fulfill US ...
Papua: Land of Peace: Civil Society Leadership in Conflict Transformation.
Jun 22, 2009; Biderman, Todd ... These are exciting times at Pacific Peoples' Partnership. We're proud to announce the launch of "Papua: Land of Peace--Civil Society Leadership in Conflict Transformation." Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency's Voluntary Sector Fund, this 3-year initiative will support ...
Hailans to Ailans: international exhibition.
Jun 22, 2009 ... Hailans to Ailans is an international exhibition that will be showcasing contemporary Indigenous artists from Papua New Guinea and British Columbia, Canada. Hailans to Ailans, means Highlands to Lowlands in native Pidgin. The exhibition first opens at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London, ...
