A major new report, Reviving Melanesia’s Ocean Economy: The Case for Action, launched today, has revealed that the ocean is a much larger part of Melanesia’s* economy and future prosperity than ...

The ocean wealth of this important sub-region in the Pacific—which includes two Coral Triangle countries—is essential to its survival, and is now under threat. A timely new report by WWF, the Global ...

The defeat of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a no-confidence vote in the Solomon Islands Parliament, also on Thursday, has raised hopes that relations between Canberra and Honiara might improve.

Pacific Arts is the journal of the Pacific Arts Association (ISSN 1018-4252). It is issued twice annually in a new series begun in 2006. Publisher Information The Pacific Arts Association (PAA), ...

Around 4,000 tribal people in Papua participated in a Easter celebration designed to strengthen the Melanesian bond among indigenous Catholics in the region. Participants wore ceremonial dress, ...

I recently had the pleasure of taking a fantastic Silversea Expeditions cruise to the exotic destination of Micronesia and Melanesia via the luxurious Silver Discoverer, which I fully review here.

For outsiders looking in, the Pacific might appear the focus of intense geopolitical competition. But for Pacific Island communities themselves, electoral results for decades make it clear that local ...

Vol. 38, No. 2, Dumont d'Urville's Divisions of Oceania: Fundamental Precincts or Arbitrary Constructs? (Sep., 2003), pp. 197-215 (19 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. The primary divide ...

AT a meeting of the Royal Anthropological Institute held on October 11 Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, president, gave an account of the Melanesian system of land-tenure. He described the nature of the ownership ...

Three ministers from Melanesian nations in the Pacific region arrived in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province with Indonesian Culture Minister Fadli Zon on ...