Pacific forest : a history of resource control and contest in Solomon Islands, c. 1800-1997 / Judith A. Bennett.

This book addresses the contending views of the uses of Solomon Island forest. Ranging from an examination of the interaction between the first settlers and their forest, the book goes on to analyse the attitudes of the British administrators, planters, and missionaries. The colonial government soug...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bennett, Judith A., 1944- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden : Cambridge : Brill ; White Horse Press, 2000.
Subjects:	Forests and forestry > Solomon Islands > History. Forest policy > Solomon Islands > History. Forest policy Forests and forestry Solomon Islands History
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Table of Contents:

Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Solomons Forests
Chapter 2. To Open the Forest
Chapter 3. A Great Coconut Estate
Chapter 4. From the Shortlands to Santa Cruz: Beginning the Timber Industry
Chapter 5. The Vanikoro Kauri Timber Company
Chapter 6. World War Two: Focus on Forests
Chapter 7. Domestic Needs and Overseas Markets, c. 1950-1963
Chapter 8. The Government is but a Stranger
Chapter 9. The Forestry Department and the Control of Species, c. 1960-1980
Chapter 10. Contest for the Forests, c. 1963-1985
Chapter 11. Attempts at Control? c. 1980-1990
Chapter 12. Aiding the Forests
Chapter 13. Provincial Ambitions, Community Aspirations: The Western Islands, 1985-1995
Chapter 14. Provincial Ambitions, Community Aspirations: Central and Eastern Islands, 1985-1995
Chapter 15. Profits and Loss, c. 1982-1996
Chapter 16. Contested State: Contest of States, 1993-1997
Conclusion. The Forest, Contested and Uncontested
Afterword
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Pacific forest : a history of resource control and contest in Solomon Islands, c. 1800-1997 / Judith A. Bennett.

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