IS TRADITIONAL LAND OWNERSHIP BEST FOR PACIFIC AGRICULTURE?
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTENSE debates are being staged in Pacific island nations such as Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea (PNG) over whether traditional land management is the best model for their agricultural development, rather than western formal ownership. The topic is also under discussion amongst Australian academics with a recent debate being staged at the Australian National University, in Canberra. There, Dr Tim Anderson, of the University of Sydney, argued: "The historical experience of land registration in Africa and the Pacific region does not support ...
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