The Torres Strait treaty: a possible solution to the Aegean conflict by Panagiotis PANTAZIS

“…This paper suggests that the Torres Strait Treaty, an international agreement that provides the framework for the management of Australia and Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) maritime boundaries, can be utilised to provide a possible solution to the Aegean conflict. …”
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Calamus vitiensis (ARECACEAE), A NEW RECORD OF RATTAN IN SUMBAWA ISLAND, INDONESIA by Himmah Rustiami, Lulut Dwi Sulistyaningsih

“… Calamus vitiensis, previously known to occur only in Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji is now also found in the mountainous area of Batudulang, West Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. …”
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A taxonomic revision of the small mangrove genus Camptostemon ( Malvaceae ) by I Putu Gede P. Damayanto, Kusuma Rahmawati, Doni Nurdiansah, Irfan Martiansyah, Indira Riastiwi, Bayu Wisnu Broto, Yasper Michael Mambrasar, Edi Mirmanto

“…This genus can be found in the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. Confusion remains over the taxonomic status of Camptostemon aruensis , endemic to Aru Islands, Indonesia. …”
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Factors influencing the community participation approaches used in Aedes mosquito management in the Torres Strait, Australia by Tammy Allen, Alan Crouch, Tanya L. Russell, Stephanie M. Topp

“…The Torres Strait is a group of islands located between Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Torres Strait has both Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti and is close to Papua New Guinea where dengue fever is endemic. …”
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Utilization of marine taxa within an artisanal shellcraft sector of the Indo-Pacific region by Nittya S. M. Simard, Thane A. Militz, Jeff Kinch, Paul C. Southgate

“…To address this knowledge gap, our study examined diversity, in terms of composition and quantities, of marine taxa utilized by artisan households and, collectively, within an artisanal shellcraft sector of Papua New Guinea. For each taxon, critical source habitats were identified, and the geographic scale of exploitation established. …”
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Limited antigenic diversity of Plasmodium falciparumapical membrane antigen 1 supports the development of effective multi-allele vaccines by Terheggen, U, Drew, DR, Hodder, A, Cross, N, Mugyenyi, C, Barry, A, Anders, R, Dutta, S, Osier, F, Elliott, SR, Senn, N, Stanisic, D, Marsh, K, Siba, P, Mueller, I, Richards, J, Beeson, J

“…We developed an approach using a multiple-antigen-competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to examine cross-reactivity of naturally-acquired antibodies in Papua New Guinea and Kenya, and related this to differences in AMA1 sequence.…”

Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) international grant by Putra Mohd Darul Ridzuan, Rosli

“…It is also aimed at strengthening ties among the community in the region that includes its 21 member countries such as Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, The Republic of the Philippines, The Russian Federation, Singapor, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States of America and Viet Nam.…”
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TSUNAMIS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN ACTIVITIES by Sergey GOVORUSHKO

“…The regions where most of tsunamis originate are Japan, Peru, Chile, the New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The emergence of tsunamis may be caused by the following factors: 1) earthquakes; 2) volcanic eruptions; 3) rockfalls; 4) landslides; 5) submarine landslides; 6) submarine explosions; 7) meteorological reasons. …”
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Addressing vaccine hesitancy in developing countries: Survey and experimental evidence. by Christopher Hoy, Terence Wood, Ellen Moscoe

“…Data come from a large, representative phone survey and online randomized survey experiment, both run in Papua New Guinea, a developing country with low vaccination rates. …”
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The first earthworm records from Batanta Island, West Papua, Indonesia (Megadrili: Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae) by Szederjesi, Tímea

“…A. hendersonianus (Cognetti, 1914) was most probably introduced to its type locality, the Henderson Island, and its natural range covers New Guinea and the neighbouring islands.…”
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Eden in Peril: Impact of Humans on Pacific Island Ecosystems by Moshe Rapaport

“…The arrival of humans in Near Oceania during the Pleistocene led swiftly to a series of fauna extinctions. In the New Guinea Highlands clearing and tending of wild plants gave rise to tree and root crop agriculture, intensive cultivation technology, and anthropogenic grasslands. …”
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Behavioural controversy concerning homo economicus: a Humean perspective by Khandakar Elahi

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Ecology, Behaviour and Control of Apis cerana with a Focus on Relevance to the Australian Incursion by Anna H. Koetz

“…Since the 1980s, A. cerana has been introduced to areas outside its natural range (namely New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Australia), which sparked fears that it may become a pest species that could compete with, and negatively affect, native Australian fauna and flora, as well as commercially kept A. mellifera and commercial crops. …”
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“Ghost on the coast”: Persistent hallucinations through the prism of cultural concepts of distress by Hesitha Abeysundera, Hemant Khanna

“…This case report describes an elderly male of Papua New Guinea who presented with psychotic symptoms, shaped by the cultural concept of distress from experiencing loss. …”
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Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate. by Eric N Rittmeyer, Allen Allison, Michael C Gründler, Derrick K Thompson, Christopher C Austin

“…Here we describe two new species of diminutive terrestrial frogs from the megadiverse hotspot island of New Guinea, one of which represents the smallest known vertebrate species, attaining an average body size of only 7.7 mm. …”
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Developmental Faith, Sacrifice and the Betrayal of Transitional Justice: A Bougainvillean Case Study by Mark Evenhuis

“…This article, drawing on the case study of resource development and conflict in Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), explores how global faith in development hollows out the possibilities of justice for peoples transitioning from the violence of colonization, corporate-state crime and armed civil conflict. …”
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Polyura inopinatus Röber, 1940; a remarkable butterfly mystery resolved by Chris J. Müller, W. John Tennent

“…We suggest that the type locality (Sulawesi) is incorrect and that the holotype was more likely to have been collected in the Baining Mountains, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. We report the recent discovery of several male P. inopinatus from West New Britain Province, and describe and illustrate specimens. …”
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Rhyparida foaensis (Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007), comb. n. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and implications for the colonization of New Caledonia by Jesus Gomez-Zurita

“…This is the second species of Nodinini found in New Caledonia, otherwise rich in species of Colaspoidini, raising questions about the paucity of Rhyparida and this tribe in New Caledonian fauna, when they are dominant in surrounding archipelagoes, and very rich in potential source areas such as Australia and New Guinea. Some alternative explanations for this pattern are advanced, serving as alternative hypotheses until our knowledge on the ecology of these species improves or supported phylogenetic scenarios become available for this group.…”
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Assessment of historical and current distribution records of the Indo-Pacific slender gecko, Hemiphyllodactylustypus bleeker, 1860, in Sri Lanka by Hareschandra Bandula Jayaneththi, Daniel Jablonski

“…<em>Hemiphyllodactylus typus </em>is a widespread but low abundant parthenogenetic taxon, which is widely distributed through Southeast Asia and the entire tropical Pacific Ocean of New Guinea to some other Oceanic Islands. The present study has reviewed the data from a combination of literature together with our unpublished field records. …”
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Journey to Justice: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Context of West Papua by Ani Widyani Soetjipto

“…This article aimed to examine the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), focusing on the rights of the Indigenous Papuan people in the Indonesian provinces on the western half of the island of New Guinea, commonly referred to in English as Papua or West Papua. …”
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