Bougainville is faced with a choice – to pursue a development path based on mining, or one that is broad-based and sustainable. As Bougainville plans for its long awaited independence referendum, the two questions of mining and independence have become increasingly fused in the public discourse: independence requires economic self-sufficiency and this is only possible through mining revenues. So the argument goes. Our research challenges this.
Growing Bougainville's Future 2018 (14549 KB)
The report was published along with a short film, Bougainville: Long Han Blong Yumi (Bougainville: It's In Our Hands), which was made for a Bougainvillean audience and explores many of the same issues explored in the report.
| Growing Bougainville's future: Choices for an island and its peoples | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chapter | Description | |
| Introduction |
|
|
| Chapter 1: The crisis began in 1886: A long view of Bougainville’s
decolonisation struggle |
Kristian Lasslett provides a historic perspective describing Bougainville’s long struggle with decolonisation. |
|
| Chapter 2: Women’s contributions to Bougainville’s past, present and
future |
Ruth Saovana- Spriggs writes about the role of women in the recent history of Bougainville and potential future agendas for women’s organisations
in Bougainville.
|
|
| Chapter 3: Mining and development: Is “good governance” really the cure?
|
Catherine Couman’s chapter challenges the premise that good governance is all that stands between mining and positive development outcomes.
|
|
| Chapter 4: The distorting effects of the resource sector on national
economies: A case study from Papua New Guinea |
Paul Flanagan tells the cautionary tale of the PNG LNG project and the negative effect resource projects can have on national economies.
|
|
| Chapter 5: Can Panguna save Bougainville?
|
Together with Luke Fletcher, Christopher Prince looks at potential revenue streams for the government if the Panguna mine was to re-open.
|
|
| Chapter 6: Towards a just and equitable economy, and a gender equal
society |
Helena Hakena and Kate Lappin outline the adverse and irreversible impacts the Panguna mine had on women.
|
|
| Chapter 7: Free prior and informed consent, development and
mining on Bougainville: Choice and the pursuit of self-determined development |
Cathal Doyle looks at the importance of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) for Bougainvilleans.
|
|
| Chapter 8: Land in Bougainville: The relationship between customary
land tenure and sustainable development in Melanesia |
Catherine Sparks and Joel Simo explore the importance of customary land across Melanesia and Bougainville.
|
|
| Chapter 9: Growing island exports: High value crops and the future of
agriculture in the Pacific |
Wesley Morgan provides a regional overview of the future of agriculture in Bougainville.
|
|
| Chapter 10: Bougainville independence and its implications for
fisheries: A fresh approach towards co-operative oceans management |
Transform Aqorau argues that an independent Bougainville could offer an opportunity for revenues from fisheries.
|
|
| Chapter 11: From crisis to optimism: Building Bougainville’s future
|
Theonila Roka-Matbob describes what life was like growing up during the crisis and what hopes she has for the future of Bougainville.
|
|
| Chapter 12: Continuing the struggle in Bougainville: Possibilities for
governance beyond the colonial-capitalist system |
An anonymous contributor considers the possibilities for governance in Bougainville beyond the modern colonial-capitalist system.
|
|
| Conclusion
|
|
|
