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Contents
Lila Singh-Peterson and Michelle Carnegie
John Connell
Michelle Carnegie and Lila Singh-Peterson
Marilyn T. J. Vilisoni, Ajla Vilogorac and Syeda Samira Saif
Joanne Lee Kunatuba, Ana Laqeretabua and Ulusapeti Tiitii
Lila Singh-Peterson, Temaleti Tano Moala and Luhia Kanumi (Louna) Hamani
Cherise Addinsall, Norah Rihai and Antoinette Nasse
R. Michael (Mike) Bourke, Shirley Tombenna, Owen Hughes, Matthewwela B. Kanua, Agnes Siune and Barbara Pamphilon
Barbara Pamphilon, Veronica Bue and Fredah Wantum
Lila Singh-Peterson, Michelle Carnegie, R. Michael (Mike) Bourke, Veronica Bue, Joanne Lee Kunatuba, Ana Laqeretabua, Temaleti Tano Moala, Barbara Pamphilon and Marilyn T. J. Vilisoni
Lila Singh-Peterson
About the Contributors
Cherise Addinsall holds a PhD from Southern Cross University (Lismore) and has been researching and supervising in sustainable livelihoods (and enhancing the livelihoods of women and marginalised people) in Australia and the South Pacific with a particular focus on supporting sustainable development activities in tourism, agriculture and conservation.
R. Michael (Mike) Bourke is a Specialist in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Pacific Island agriculture. He has been continuously involved in research, training, consulting and development in PNG and other Pacific Island countries since 1970. He co-edited the definitive book, Food and Agriculture in Papua New Guinea.
Veronica Bue is a Senior Lecturer in the agriculture department at the PNG University of Technology. She specialises in agriculture extension and her research focuses on innovations uptake by farmers and impact assessments, household food security and smallholder livelihoods.
Michelle Carnegie is a Research Fellow at the University of New England, Australia. She specialises in gender, rural livelihoods and diverse/community economies approaches and has worked in the Solomon Islands, Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Indonesia and Myanmar. Michelle holds a PhD in Human Geography from the Australian National University.
John Connell is a Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sydney. His principal research interests concern political, economic and social development in in the South Pacific and in other small island states. Much of this research is currently oriented to issues of rural development, migration and urbanisation, and presently focuses on coral atolls and climate change. He has written Islands at Risk (2013) and more recently written, with Chris Gibson, Outback Elvis (New South, 2017) and edited both Change and Continuity in the Pacific (with Helen Lee, Routledge, 2018) and Food Security in Small Island States (with Kirsten Lowitt, Springer, 2010).
Owen Hughes is an Agricultural Development Specialist who has worked in many countries in the Pacific, Africa and Asia. He commenced his career in PNG, then worked in the UN system for 30 years. He is currently the Co-lead of the Community Livelihood Improvement Project, PNG LNG Project.
Matthewwela B. Kanua is an Agricultural Specialist with over 20 years experience in research, development and administration in Papua New Guinea. He was formerly Secretary of the PNG Department of Agriculture. Together with Mike Bourke and others, he wrote Assessing Village Food Needs following a Natural Disaster in Papua New Guinea.
Luhia Kanumi (Louna) Hamani has practised as a Legal and Documentation Officer for 16 years. Following this, Louna has worked closely with her local Community Womens Development Group in Tonga. She has held roles in Tonga as a project officer on rural development projects with GIZ, SPC and more recently with the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Joanne Lee Kunatuba has over 12 years of regional gender mainstreaming experience. Joanne has worked extensively over the past three years on gender and fisheries issues in the Pacific through the Pacific Community (SPC), where she is currently the Gender Equality Officer. She has a Masters Degree in Development Studies and Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Sociology from the University of the South Pacific.
Ana Laqeretabua holds a Masters in Gender, Culture & Development from the United Kingdom and has worked extensively in the Pacific region in gender mainstreaming for over a decade. Ana runs her own development consultancy based in Suva, Fiji.
Antoinette Nasse completed South Pacific Form 7 Certificates to gain experience in the telecommunication company and is now employed by the Department of Industry as a Bisnis Blong Buluk Project Officer in Luganville Santo, Vanuatu.
Norah Rihai is a Masters Graduate from the University of Queensland, and currently working at the Vanuatu Agriculture College in Santo, Vanuatu.
Syeda Samira Saif is MDF Director for Quality & Inclusion. She has 10 years of work experience in the field of market systems development, managing results measurement systems and womens economic empowerment across private sector development programs. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Development Management focusing on Economic Development Policy.