Strategies for Sustainable Development: Experiences from the Pacific

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* Contents * 1. Sustainable Development and the Pacific Islands - John Overton * PART I: CONTEXTUAL ISSUES * 2. Resources and the Environment - John Overton and R R Thaman * 3. An Historical and Political Context - Richard Wartho * 4. Culture and Society - Regina Scheyvens * 5. Livelihoods - Nicholas Purdie * 6. Land Tenure and Atoll Society in Kiribati - Peter King * 7. Migration and the Cook Islands - Kirsti Hooker and Judith Varcoe * 8. Vanua: Land, People and Culture in Fiji - Kalaveti Batibasaqa * PART II: EFFECTS OF DEVELOPMENT * 9. Logging in Melanesia - Regina Scheyvens and Ross Cassells * 10. Mining in Papua New Guinea - Regina Scheyvens and Leonard Lagisa * 11. Marine Resources - Salome XXX * 12. Population and Urban Environments - Donovan Storey * 13. Commodity Production and Unsustainable Agriculture - John Overton, Warwick Murray and Imam Ali * PART III SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES * 14. Nature Conservation (and Aid in Western Samoa) - Ned Hardie-Boyes * 15. Sustainable Agricultural Options - John Overton * 16. Sustainable Forestry Options - Regina Scheyvens and Ross Cassells * 17. Ecotourism - Regina Scheyvens * 18. Sustainable Urban Footprints - John Overton and Donovan Storey * PART IV CONCLUSIONS AND ISSUES * 19. Conclusions - John Overton and Regina Scheyvens