ANU Resources, Environment & Development Group (RE&D)

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The Resources, Environment & Development group brought together staff from the Environment and Development Program and the Resources Management in Asia-Pacific Program ((RMAP). It carried out research and teaching activities focused on the social and economic aspects of environmental and resource management in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Their research encompassed a wide rage of topics such as agricultural transformation processes, biodiversity conservation policies, climate change policy and economics, environmental governance and policies, ecosystem services assessment and planning, forest policy and economics, gender and the environment, local knowledge and common property management, social and economic sustainability of extractive industries, water policy.

Its publications include the following:

Asia-Pacific Environment Monographs (APEM) (1993-Present) The Asia-Pacific Environment Monograph (APEM) series brought together fully peer reviewed publications that showcased the work of RE&D staff, visitors and associates such as for example RE&D staff supervised doctoral dissertations, translations of already published work in other Asia-Pacific countries, and RE&D organized workshop or conference proceedings. The APEM series is freely available for easy access in a range of formats (PDF, HTML for onscreen viewing or mobile devices) and is also available at a reasonable cost as 'print-on-demand' through the ANU E-Press website.

RMAP / RE&D Working Paper series (1997-2008) This series sought to provide readers with access to current research on environmental and resource issues in the Asia-Pacific. Working Papers produced by the Program aimed at facilitating discussion on critical resource management issues, and linking scholars working in different disciplines and regions. Unless otherwise stated, publications of the RE&D Program are presented without endorsement as contributions to public debate. Authors are responsible for their own analysis and conclusions. The Working paper series was discontinued as papers presented in RE&D seminars are now mostly available as podcasts.

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The Thin Green Line: World Bank Leverage and Forest Policy Reform in Papua New Guinea
(Boroko, PNG: National Research Institute, 2000-06) Filer, Colin; Dubash, Navroz K; Kalit, Kilyali
This study was originally commissioned by the World Resources Institute as part of a comparative analysis of the use of adjustment loan conditions as an instrument of forest policy reform in four countries − Cameroon, Kenya, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is partly based on an exhaustive analysis of published and unpublished documents relating to the World Bank’s role in the reform of national forest policy, and partly based on a series of interviews conducted with some of the ‘key players’ in that process on a not-for-attribution basis. These interviews were conducted in Port Moresby and Washington by Colin Filer, Navroz Dubash and Kilyali Kalit from December 1998 to December 1999. An initial draft of this study was presented and discussed at a workshop convened by the World Resources Institute in Washington in April 1999, where additional feedback was obtained from those in attendance, including World Bank staff engaged in a review of the Bank’s policy and strategy in the forest sector. This has since been revised, updated and expanded by the principal author to take account of subsequent political events in Papua New Guinea, and also to reflect some of the findings of the comparative study which is being separately published by the World Resources Institute (Seymour and Dubash 2000).
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Compensation for Resource Development in Papua New Guinea.
(Canberra, ACT: Resources, Environment & Development (RE&D), The Australian National Unviersity) Toft, Susan
Compensation, as payment for wrongdoing causing harm or loss, is a well-used customary concept in Papua New Guinea and can be seen as a form of conflict management. Demands for high compensation payments in exchange for the use of land have become a problem hindering development. The claims are engendered by what may be described broadly as environmental presence on the part of developers. Claimants are landowners and the communal land tenure system in Papua New Guinea means that virtually native citizens are landowners. Land is owned by kin groups and is passed on to successive generations. So people alive at any time are custodians and have the right to use land but not necessarily dispose of it permanently. This volume deals with land compensation as it applies to resource development and is therefore essential reading for potential developers and investors in Papua New Guinea. It is part of a research project, which expects to propose guidelines, possibly leading to legal reform, for solving issues surrounding the need to compensate landowner groups for the use of their land.
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Loggers, Donors and Resource Owners (in Papua New Guinea).
(Canberra, ACT: Resources, Environment & Development (RE&D), The Australian National Unviersity) Filer, Colin; Sekhran, Nikhil
Papua New Guinea is well endowed with tropical forest, almost all of which is held by local people under customary title. But the forest sector is in a mess. Over the last ten years a major national process of policy and institutional reform has sought to sort out the sector, but some key features of PNG society continue to frustrate this process. The 'ideology of resource ownership' is the core of national identity, yet it undermines the potential for diversified economic development based on the use or value of land and forests. Also, a widespread obsession with the pursuit of personal political power grows alongside an equally widespread loss of faith in the ability of government to deliver social and economic development. These contradictions help to explain why the national policy process centres on a struggle between the logging industry and donor agencies for the hearts and minds of the resource owners. Whilst this struggle throws up many problems, it also presents opportunities for establishing a new approach to policy for forests and people. This would establish the common ground upon which a wider coalition of interests - a new 'policy community' - could be built. Opportunities include: developing mechanisms for testing and publicising claims to productive innovation; combining different scales of enterprise; generating a vision of the public interest through dialogue; and installing a brokering mechanism to connect needs with existing capacities.
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The Political Economy of Forest Management in Papua New Guinea.
(Canberra, ACT: Resources, Environment & Development (RE&D), The Australian National Unviersity) Filer, Colin
This book contains the reflections of scholars, policy-makers and practitioners with first-hand knowledge of recent developments in the political, social and economic dimensions of forest management in Papua New Guinea. The first part of the book contains a number of case studies of the local politics of large-scale logging projects in various parts of the country; the second part is devoted to discussion of various aspects of the forest industry at national and regional levels; while the third part deals with the practical problems of achieving a more sustainable regime of forest management.
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The Governance of Common Property in the Pacific Region.
(Resources, Environment & Development (RE&D), The Australian National University, 2013-03) Larmour, Peter
In a region where mining, forestry, fish and other primary resources are so basic to income, employment and national prosperity, an understanding of rights to land, water and minerals is fundamental. Tenure regimes in the Asia-Pacific region are vastly more diverse and complex than in those of any other part of the world for comparable population numbers. These studies will overcome the simplistic misunderstandings that have obscured understanding in so many instances. This book provides an up-to-date overview of the main patterns of indigenous property rights, particularly those held by corporate groups, in the South Pacific Forum region (Australia, New Zealand and the independent Pacific island nations) plus a valuable comparative chapter on Canada. It explores the relative success and failure of a variety of approaches to the management of these complex systems, and offers insights and suggestions for the amelioration of present and likely future stresses in the systems. It is a valuable contribution to the understanding of both governance and property, and to the effective sociopolitical development of the region.
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Mining and Mineral Resource Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for the 21st Century : proceedings of the conference at the Australian National University, 1-3 November 1995
(Canberra, ACT: Resources, Environment & Development (RE&D), The Australian National Unviersity) Denoon, Donald; Ballard, Chris; Banks, Glenn; Hancock, Peter
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held at the Australian National University from 1 to 3 November 1995, with support from the Minerals Council of Australia, the Australian Environment Protection Agency, Conzinc Riotinto Australia, Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd, and Ampolex. Speakers were drawn from academic institutions, government agencies, non-government organisations, mining and consulting companies. The collection provides a wide-ranging snapshot of contemporary policy issues in the mining sector in various parts of the Asia-Pacific region.
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The Difficult Problem of Measuring the Village-Level Socio-Economic Benefits of Road Rehabilitation Projects in Rural Asia and Papua New Guinea
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Hughes, Philip
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The Social and Environmental Impact of Mining in Asia-Pacific: The Potential Contribution of a Remote-Sensing Approach
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Banks, Glenn; Paull, David; Mockler, Simon
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Uncertain Livelihoods: Survival Strategies of Women and Men in Charland Environments in India
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Samanta, Gopa; Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala
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The Politics of Water Privatisation in Tagbilaran, the Philippines
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Fisher, Karen T
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The Killing of the Fly: State-corporate victimization in Papua New Guinea
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Harper, Ainsley; Israel, Mark
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The Social Impact of People-Oriented Conservation on Cat Ba Island, Viet Nam
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Dawkins, Zo J
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The Anthropology of Personal Identity: Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Papua New Guinea, West Papua and Australia
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Burin, John
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Ten Thousand Tonnes of Small Animals: Wildlife Consumption in Papua New Guinea, a Vital Resource in Need of Management
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Mack, Andrew L; West, Paige
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Sharks, sea slugs and skirmishes: managing marine and agricultural resources on small, overpopulated islands in Milne Bay, PNG
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Foale, Simon
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The Catch in Trading Fishing Access for Foreign Aid
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Petersen, Elizabeth
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The Conservation Policy Community in Papua New Guinea
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Filer, Colin
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Recognition of Customary land in the Solomon Islands: Status, Issues and Options
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Sullivan, Marjorie
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Science, Capital and Politics in Papua New Guinea's Logging Industry
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Filer, Colin
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Rainfall Patterns in the Western Pacific
(Canberra, ACT: Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP), Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School for Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University) Johnson, Ken

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