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  • The Basic Concept of Spirit-Led Conservation across Melanesia

    The Basic Concept of Spirit-Led Conservation across Melanesia

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    by Wewo Kotokay, Melanesian Conservation Elders, Inc. At the core of the concept of Spirit-Led Conservation is the belief that spiritual beliefs and practices play a crucial role in shaping our relationship with nature and guiding conservation efforts. Philosophy can be defined as a set of beliefs or values that guide an individual or a…

  • Bernard Narokobi – leader, legislator, poet

    Bernard Narokobi – leader, legislator, poet

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    GREGORY BABLIS PORT MORESBY – In 1995 when Bernard Narokobi was Papua New Guinea’s minister for agriculture, he, Bart Philemon and Jerry Nalau voted against prime minister Julius Chan’s proposed bill for an organic law on provincial and local level governments. Given the ongoing conflict in Bougainville in its violent bid for secession, the three…

  • Climate change threatens biocultural diversity on New Guinea

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    Many plants on the island of New Guinea are being threatened with extinction. The indigenous languages and customs associated with the plants run the same risk of disappearing. An international team of biologists, including from Naturalis Biodiversity Center, have done research into the biocultural links between indigenous peoples and nature. In their paper in Science Advances they…

  • PNG and France: Bridging the gap through science

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    SCIENTISTS around the world, especially in France, are astonished by PNG’s large rainforest and its biodiversity, says France’s Ambassador Philippe Janvier-Kamiyama. Janvier-Kamiyama was speaking at Government House in Port Moresby after presenting his credentials to acting Governor-General and Speaker Job Pomat. “Your country has the third largest primary rainforest in the world, whose biodiversity is…

  • ‘Narokobi, a man of law’

    ‘Narokobi, a man of law’

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    PAPUA New Guinea Law Society president Kerenga Kua has described the late Bernard Narokobi as a man who dedicated his entire life to the service of the rule of law. “Every once in a while comes a man who expresses an ideology that gives an alternative way forward for a nation. “For PNG, Mr Narokobi…