Nominating and managing a World Heritage Site in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

World Archaeology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-338

  Muke, John ^a   Denham, Tim ^b   Genorupa, Vagi ^c  

^a Social Research Institute Inc   (Papua New Guinea)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Environment and Conservation ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Kuk; Papua New Guinea; Traditional land management; World Heritage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDHOLDING; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 34548590711     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240701464947     Document Type: Article

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