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Journal Article Review of Klepp and Herbeck (2016) The politics of Environmental Migration and Climate Justice in the Pacific Region.
In the context of global climate change, remote coastal communities are generally regarded as the most vulnerable (Uitto & Shaw, 2016). This observation arises from the combined effects of their low income, high levels of resource dependency and their exposure to sea-level rise, rainfall variability, increase in storm frequencies and intensity (Cinner et al., 2018).… Continue reading
Agency, Australia, Citizenship, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Environmental Adaption, Environmental Migration, Environmental Refugee, Fiji, Kiribati, Migrate with Dignity, New Zealand, North-South, Post-Colonialism, Resilience, Sea Level Rise, Social Capital, Solidarity, UNFCCC, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -
Journal Article Review of Maclellan, N. (2021) Stable, Democratic and Western: China and French Colonialism in the Pacific
Maclellan’s (2021) chapter, Stable Democratic and Western: China and French Colonialism in the Pacific, is part of Smith & Wesley-Smith (2021) edited book The China Alternative: Changing Regional Order in the Pacific Islands. The edited book as a whole brings together a collection of scholars who analyze China’s growing involvement in the Pacific. The edited… Continue reading
ANZUS, Aquaculture, Australia, Blue Economy, China, Colonialism, Development Partners, Edouard Fritch, Entrepreneurs, foreign capital, France, French Polynesia, Geopolitics, Hau Atoll, Imperialism, New Caledonia, New Commercial Pacific Diplomacy, New Pacific Diplomacy, Non-State Actors, Oceania, Pacific, Securitization, Tahiti Nui Ocean Foods, Tianrui Group, Wang Chen -
Journal Article Review of Ryan (2001), “Tourism in the South Pacific – A Case of Marginalities”
In the public imaginary, Oceania is a remote region of tropical paradise, perfect for a family holiday away from the troubles of everyday life. As much as Oceania’s geographic, political and economic remoteness defines its islands as alluring holiday destinations, Chris Ryan (2001) argues that it is this very remoteness that also defines the tourism… Continue reading
Ambrym, Australia, Carvings, Chris Ryan, Climate Change Fund, Cook Islands, Core/Periphery, COVID-19, Dependency, GLobal Disruption, Happy Planet Index, HPI, Human Capital, Marginalities, Marginality, Marginalization, Mark Brown, New Economic Foundation, New Zealand, ODA, Overseas Development Aid, Pandemic, Remoteness, Resilience, Stewardship, Tourism, Vanuatu -
Secure Seas and Fisheries: Guardians of the Ocean in the Modern Geopolitical Complex
Epeli Hau’ofa’s highly influential essay, Our Sea of Islands, asserts that the peoples of Oceania, are not passive figures on the regional and world stage as they are so commonly depicted. Rather, he considers Oceanic peoples to be guardians that play a vital and powerful role in the environmental protection of the region’s Ocean resources.… Continue reading
Aid, Angola Mode, Arc of Instability, Australia, Blue Boats, China, Customary Sea Tenure, Distant Water, Exclusive Economic Zones, Fisheries, Guardians of the Ocean, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated, Infrastructure, Oceania, Operation Rai Balang, Our Sea of Islands, South China Sea, Sovereignty, State of the Neighbourhood, Step-Up