scholarly journals Becoming Landowners: Entanglements of Custom and Modernity in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste Victoria Stead Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2016. Pp. xvi+ 216, illustrations, index, bibliog., USD $68.00 (Hc.), ISBN 9780824856663

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-134
Author(s):  
John Cox
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
University Of Hawai'i

Detection of Huanglongbing (citrus greening disease) in Timor-Leste (East Timor) and in Papua New Guinea

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Weinert ◽  
S. C. Jacobson ◽  
J. F. Grimshaw ◽  
G. A. Bellis ◽  
P. M. Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Citrus Greening ◽  
Citrus Greening Disease ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Greening Disease

scholarly journals Malesia Bryophytes Diversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-112
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Susilo ◽  
Muhammad Komarul Huda ◽  
Hanifah Mutia Z.N. Amrul
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
True Moss

Bryophyte is a division of plants that lives on land, generally it is green and reproduces through spores, has ecological and economic functions, and plays an important role in forest ecosystems. It spreads out almost in all parts of the earth with different characters in each group. It is divided into 3 groups, namely liverwort, true moss, and hornwort, which are phylogeny and true liverwort is in the same lineage. The number of bryophytes species is around 18000 with the largest distribution area of bryophyte diversity in tropical and subtropical latitudes, such as the Malesia region which includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Brunei. Various studies were carried out related to the diversity of bryophyte, especially in the Malesia region, and found various types including new species, new records, and new characters.

Working towards gender equality in rural Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea: community health survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 506-512
Author(s):  
Helen Smith ◽  
Jessica R Botfield ◽  
Marce Soares ◽  
Robert Hagoma ◽  
Yan Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Promote Gender Equality ◽  
Health Project

The centrality of gender equality for sustainable human development is well recognised and reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), however in many countries in the Pacific region gender inequality is widespread. Working with men and boys presents an important opportunity to address gender inequality. A ‘Men’s Health Project’ was implemented in rural districts in Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2014-17, which aimed to promote gender equality and improve sexual and reproductive health and maternal and child health outcomes by actively engaging men. Community surveys were undertaken in each community before and after project implementation to enable a greater understanding of men’s knowledge and attitudes at these different time points. This paper reports findings from the more recent surveys with 400 men in Timor-Leste in 2016 and 243 men in PNG in 2017, in order to provide a ‘snapshot’ of the situation in these rural communities at this time. In both countries, the vast majority of men reported that the husband makes the major decisions in the household (80% in Timor-Leste and 84% in PNG). In Timor-Leste, 5% of respondents felt it was okay for a husband to beat his wife, with 13% reporting this in PNG. Findings suggest that meeting SDGs 3 and 5 will require ongoing and concerted efforts in Timor-Leste and PNG.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria C. Stead
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Multiple Modernities ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Ways Of Being

In Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste there are ways of being and belonging—customary and modern—that are fundamentally different but nonetheless intertwined in dynamic entanglements. These entanglements are being catalyzed by processes of globalization, state- and nation-building, and development. Both Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste are countries where customary forms of connection to land are central to lives, cultures, and identities. Conceptually, the chapter maps key trajectories in scholarly treatments of custom and modernity in anthropology and related disciplines, including recent scholarship on “multiple modernities.” It proposes a theorization of custom and modernity as ontologically distinct forms of social relations that cut across the boundaries of delimited social groups and are drawn into dynamic and shifting configurations. It is in this entangled multiplicity that we can best see the complexity and flux of global processes of social change.

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