Finding common ground: Relational concepts of land tenure and economy in the oil palm frontier of Papua New Guinea

Geographical Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-111

  Curry, George N ^a   Koczberski, Gina ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land tenure; Migration and ethnicity; Papua New Guinea; Relational concepts of economy; Social embeddedness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMON LAND; FRONTIER REGION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION;

MELANESIA; NORTHERN PROVINCE [PAPUA NEW GUINEA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WEST NEW BRITAIN;

ELAEIS;

EID: 65949105501     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2008.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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