Traditional resource management in the Melanesian South Pacific : a development dilemma = Causes de disparition des oixeaux terrestres de Polynesie Francaise
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Traditional natural-resource management systems of the indigenous, communities of the Pacific islands, based on communal-property concepts, continue to function in the face of many changes in the circumstances in which they operate. All have been weakened by changes accompanying economic development - yet they have adapted, and persist.