Oceania and Pacific

The NGO/IPO-led Underlying Causes Initiative organized a regional workshop, which took place in Nandi, Fiji on September 28 and 29 October, 1998. The following are the findings of the studies carried out in the region.

For further information on this process, please contact the regional focal point: 
Ian Fry, Pacific Bioweb, Australia ifry@peg.apc.org

Executive Summary of the workshop

Some of the Case Studies presented at the workshop

• Aotearoa-New Zealand: Kaitiakitanga: The Reclamation of the Domain Of Tane Mahuta by Sandy Gauntlett.
  
• Australia: Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Policy Implications in Australia by Stephen Dovers, Jann Williams and Tony Norton
  
• Papua-New Guinea: Forest Loss in Papua New Guinea by Brian D. Brunton
  
• Solomon Islands: Paths in the Jungle: Landowners, Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Solomon Islands by Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka
  
• Tonga: Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the Kingdom of Tonga by Denis Wolff

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