Solomon Islands

Kabutaulaka, Tarcisius Tara; Kabutaulaka, Louisa.

doi:10.1353/cp.2007.0056

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“…To illustrate the current ineffectiveness of the logging regulation, in 1995 Solomon Islands set a sustainable yield for logging activities at 325,000 cubic metres per year but in that year the log exports reached 748,500 cubic metres. 4 …”

Section: Unsustainable Loggingmentioning

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Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance

Cordonnery¹

2010

Passage of Change: Law, Society and Governance in the Pacific

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BiodiversityAlso referred to as biological diversity, biodiversity describes the variety and variability of nature. Plant and animal species are the most commonly recognised units of biological diversity. Sustainable developmentIn 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission) defined sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." It requires an integration of economic, social and environmental considerations in decision making at both government and corporation levels in order to aim for development that does not rely upon the short term exploitaition of any resources. Environmental impact assessment (EIA)A critical appraisal of the likely effects of a policy, plan, program, project or activity on the environment. These assessments are usually carried out by independent assessors in order to assist the authority making the decision about whether to proceed with a particular activity. Good governanceThe term refers to a form of democratic governance that assumes legitimacy through accountability, predictability and openness of government formed by consent of the people and in accordance with the rule of law. In terms of resource allocation and acquisition, good governance presupposes consultation and participation of those affected by projects and transparency of decision making and resource allocation.

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Section: Unsustainable Loggingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance

Cordonnery¹

2010

Passage of Change: Law, Society and Governance in the Pacific

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“…The Prime Minister, John Howard, stated ‘The Solomons is our patch ... If the Solomons becomes a failed State, it's a haven for terrorists, drug runners and money launderers ... we don't want that on our doorstep’ (quoted in Kabutaulaka, 2004b, 4). The Solomon Islands parliament unanimously (and perhaps uniquely) voted for an intervention force to enter the country.…”

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“…Australian‐led intervention in the Solomon Islands therefore exhibits parallels with the UN‐sanctioned invasion of Afghanistan and the US‐led invasion of Iraq, since each was aimed at ending internal instability (Kabutaulaka, 2004b). It partly took the form of ‘fifth generation peacekeeping’ where, in the sequel to disastrous UN ventures in Rwanda, Bosnia and Somalia, a single power or ad hoc multilateral coalitions (such as the US in Haiti, and Russia in Georgia) pursued military intervention when and where the national interests of major powers were engaged (Schnabel and Thakur, 2001, 13).…”

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‘Saving the Solomons’: a New Geopolitics in the ‘Arc of Instability’?

Connell

2006

Geographical Research

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The recent crisis in the Solomon Islands is reviewed in the context of historical and regional antecedents. In the past two decades political and ethnic disputes have flared in several parts of Melanesia and nearby parts of the ‘arc of instability’. Tensions and violence in the Solomon Islands, based on social, economic and political issues, exemplify regional development concerns. The collapse of the economy and civil order resulted in the Solomon Islands being characterised as a ‘failed State’. Localised warfare brought external military intervention, with a regional assistance mission led by Australia, which paralleled other involvement in the region. Involvement has emphasised renewed Australian interest in the region, in the light of global geopolitical shifts, and a more controversial approach to regional security and development.

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“…Arguably, Guale resentment fl ared up in 1998, and not earlier, for two main reasons: the fi rst and most signifi cant was the Public Sector Reform Program (psrp) of the Solomon Islands Alliance for Change (siac) government (Kabutaulaka 1999), and the second was the growing presence, since 1989, of thousands of Bougainvilleans in Guadalcanal (Kabutaulaka 2001). The latter is mostly useful for explaining the aggressive form assumed by the Guale resistance movement, rather than its emergence.…”

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“…The sale of the government's share of Solomon Islands Plantations Limited also proved contentious. Ulufa'alu announced that 20 percent would be sold to the Commonwealth Development Corporation, and 10 percent would be left with the Investment Corporation of Solomon Islands and eventually sold to interested locals (Kabutaulaka 1999). Landowners and the Guadalcanal Provincial Government expressed their dissatisfaction with this proposal and demanded that more shares be handed over directly to them (Moore 2004, 105).…”

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The Trouble with RAMSI: Reexamining the Roots of Conflict in Solomon Islands

Hameiri¹

2007

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While the debate that has followed the intervention by the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (ramsi) has centered on the suitability of the failed state label to Solomon Islands, I argue that this debate is misdirected because the concept of state failure itself is accepted uncritically. Examining what is meant by state failure is crucial, because (a) it has assumed an almost commonsensical mantle, which obscures its particular political and ideological underpinnings; and (b) it has considerable conceptual limitations that render it a problematic framework for explaining the roots and possible trajectories of the conflict in Solomon Islands. State failure is essentially a descriptive category with limited explanatory capacity, grounded in a depoliticized and ahistorical theorization of institutions, state, and society. At its core is an unhelpful preoccupation with state capacity as measured against a hypothetical legal-rational good-governance model. Conflicts are understood in this framework as the result of poor governance or recalcitrant social forces. ramsi, consequently, has sought to strengthen the institutional capacity of Solomon Islands as the key to conflict resolution as well as a preventative long-term peace-building initiative. In contrast, I argue that unless we develop a clearer understanding of the causes and dynamics of conflict, ramsi's state-building approach is likely to exacerbate rather than alleviate tensions in Solomon Islands. This approach involves a shift in emphasis away from the current fixation on institutional capacity audits associated with the failed state concept, toward a more constructive theorization of the historically contingent relationship between changing patterns of economic development and social conflict.

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Solomon Islands

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Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance

Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance

‘Saving the Solomons’: a New Geopolitics in the ‘Arc of Instability’?

The Trouble with RAMSI: Reexamining the Roots of Conflict in Solomon Islands

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