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Pacific Forest : A History of Resource Control and Contest in Solomon Islands, c. 1800-1997 - Judith a. Bennett

Pacific Forest

A History of Resource Control and Contest in Solomon Islands, c. 1800-1997

By: Judith a. Bennett

Paperback | 15 March 2022

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Pacific Forest explores the use of the forests of the Solomon Islands from the prehistoric period up to the end of 1997, when much of the indigenous commercial forest had been logged. It is the first study of the history of the forest in any Pacific Island; the first analysis of the indigenous and British colonial perceptions of the Melanesian forest; and the first critical analysis for this region, not only of colonial forest policies but of later policies and practices which made the governments of independence exploiters of their own people. Pacific Forest addresses a range of evidence drawn from several disciplines, and is a major contribution to environmental history.


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'A brilliant synthesis of historical scholarship, mining almost all conceivable sources ... It is a book that will be used by Pacific Scholars, especially Melanesianists worldwide, for decades to come.' Tim Bayliss-Smith, University of Cambridge; 'This volume represents a massive research undertaking, and covers almost all conceivable topics of relevance to the forests of the Solomon Islands.' Wardlow Friesen - Journal of the Polynesian Society; '... shows how and why rural people have had few viable alternatives for making their way into the modern economy.' Kathleen Barlow - Contemporary Pacific; 'Ambitious in its conception, the book is a major contribution to our understanding of the relationships between the development of natural resources and a country's political dynamics.' Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka - Journal of Pacific Studies

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