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DVD: Defending Melanesian Land + Sausi – village cooperation

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12 Apr 10
Defending Melanesian Land is a short video in which Melanesian activists explain why indigenous land is important to people in the Pacific, and why they have formed a regional alliance (the Melanesian Indigenous Land Defence Alliance – MILDA) to defend indigenous Melanesian land.

New Publication: In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land

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10 Apr 10

This AID/WATCH publication presents Melanesian and Australian voices in defence of Melanesian customary land. The chapters touch on the broad themes of customary land in the region, as well as particular issues in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Those issues include land tenure conversion, incorporated land groups, leases, the productive value of customary land, women and land, land tenure reform programs, and the social security features of traditional land tenure systems.

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Publication: In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land

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10 Apr 10
This AID/WATCH publication presents Melanesian and Australian voices in defence of Melanesian customary land. The chapters touch on the broad themes of customary land in the region, as well as particular issues in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Those issues include land tenure conversion, incorporated land groups, leases, the productive value of customary land, women and land, land tenure reform programs, and the social security features of traditional land tenure systems.
Melanesian Land pub order form.pdf - 117.37 KB

Media Release: Melanesian campaigners visit Australia to defend customary land rights

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16 Mar 10

Two leading campaigners for land rights in Melanesia are in Australia this week to speak with the Australian public and government officials about the central importance of customary land, and the risks posed by Australian-funded land tenure reforms in Melanesia.

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Our Land, Our Future: Melanesian Land Speaking Tour

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03 Mar 10
Melanesian Land Speaking Tour, 15-29 March 2010

Join us to hear from two leading campaigners for land rights in Melanesia about the impacts of land reforms on Melanesian peoples, their cultures, economies and livelihoods.

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AID/WATCH Newsletter No.35

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27 Oct 09
© Anna Warr
This edition (October 2009) focuses on the Pacific Islands. It features articles on the traditional economy in Vanuatu, customary land in Melanesia, land reform in Timor Leste, climate change adaptation funding, PACER Plus, and aid for trade.
click here to read the newsletter - 1.1 MB

Hijacking Development Futures: "Land Development" & Reform in Vanuatu

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22 Sep 09
This AID/WATCH briefing paper provides an overview of the land situation in Vanuatu from pre-independence to today. The paper highlights how Australian interests and aid relationships are often in opposition to the needs and aspirations of the majority of Vanuatu’s indigenous peoples and risk hijacking their development futures.
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Our Land, Our Future: Melanesian Land Speaking Tour

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19 Apr 10
In March 2010, AID/WATCH travelled around the country for two weeks with Steven Sukot (Bismarck Ramu Group, PNG) and Joel Simo (Vanuatu Cultural Centre). These leading campaigners for land rights in Melanesia spoke about the importance of land to Melanesian peoples and concerns about the impacts of land reforms on their cultures, economies and livelihoods. See here for media coverage and other resources from the speaking tour.

Solomons caretaker Deputy PM wants action on logging

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07 May 10

Updated May 5, 2010 16:43:30 - Solomon Islands' caretaker deputy Prime Minister, Fred Fono, says he will back a moratorium on commercial logging if he is returned to government after upcoming elections. His call has the support of traditional and elected leaders from his home province of Malaita.

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Concerns over land reform policies in Melanesia

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23 Mar 10

19 March 2010 - Ineffective land reform policies continue to cause problems for tradition land owners in Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. Advocacy group Aid Watch says more help should be given to indigenous peoples in Melanesia so that they can maintain control over their land through use of their customary tenure systems. And traditional land owners say a corrupt system with policies that can't be understood and which lack in fairness are stripping them of their land rights.

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