Too Close to Ignore by Mark Moran and Jodie Curth-Bibb -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Contributors Glossary Chapter 1 Introduction

Mark Moran and Jodie Curth-Bibb The state of the borderlands A borderlands theoretical framework The research Conclusion Notes

Chapter 2 The sociohistorical context of the borderlands

Kevin Murphy The people of the borderlands before colonisation The establishment of colonial borders The southern border with Australia The western border with Indonesia Conclusion Notes

Chapter 3 Contesting the Treaty

Jennifer Corrin Torres Strait The law

International law Australian law

The law of Papua New Guinea Obtaining legal advice and representation Dispute resolution options

Mechanisms in the treaty

Points of contention

Exclusion of villages from the treaty arrangements The meaning of ‘traditional activities’ Attendance at court by traditional inhabitants Authority to ban visitors Overstayers

Bridging the gap

Traditional means Other initiatives to fill the gap

Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes

Chapter 4 The politics of distribution

Peter Chaudhry The Torres Strait border in historical perspective Inequality in the borderlands today

Inequalities between the Torres Strait Islands and the South Fly Services and livelihoods in the South Fly Treaty and non-Treaty village differences Hierarchies of privilege and opportunity in the borderlands

Practices of exclusion in the everyday construction of the border

Access to health care Opportunities for trade Labour and money Regulating love

Disaffection, desire and the politics of distribution

Resistance, legibility and ‘dependence’ Distributional labour and a rightful share

Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes

Chapter 5 Governance

Mark Moran and Jodie Curth-Bibb Conceptualising governance in the borderland PNG’s services and decentralised financing

Service delivery deficit

Decentralised governance structures Decentralised finances and political accountability Australia’s extrajurisdictional influence in PNG

Joint management

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs Building Resilience in Treaty Villages program Australian patronage of Treaty villages Cross-border health Limiting cross-border development

Limiting labour mobility Limiting remittance flows Limiting cross-border trade Limiting marine livelihoods

Conclusion Notes

Chapter 6 Health at the margin

Geoffrey Miller A brief history of the TB response Policy and referrals Why people cross Aid posts Infrastructure, equipment and supplies Access to services PNG patients in the Torres Strait Daru and the corners TB, the environment and the response NCDs and the double burden of disease Health security Discussion

Social determinants Borderland health zone

Conclusion Notes

Chapter 7 Fisheries

Sara Busilacchi, Kevin Murphy and James Butler Institutional framework for marine resources How local social dynamics adapt to the state-centred institutional framework

Torres Strait Islanders Indonesian Papuans

Consequences for shared marine resources Addressing governance mismatches in the borderland Conclusion Notes

Chapter 8 Ok Tedi Mine

Sara Busilacchi, Jodie Curth-Bibb and James Butler Customary patterns of movement of Fly River inhabitants The Ok Tedi Mine disaster Ok Tedi’s role in changing movement patterns Social and environmental impacts of the migration of inhabitants from mine-affected areas to Daru

Social impacts Environmental impacts

Finding a way out Notes

Chapter 9 WWF’s ‘Gift to the Earth’

Garrick Hitchcock Tonda Wildlife Management Area WWF: Wasur National Park, Indonesia Tonda’s problems WWF programs in south New Guinea, 1996–2010

Community Land Care Project and Trans-Fly Conservation Areas Project Tri-National Wetlands of Oceania Program Community Development and Resource Conservation Program Trans-Fly Ecoregion Program Successes and failures WWF narratives of TWMA and south New Guinea WWF relationship with local people

Discussion Conclusion Notes

10 Conclusion

Mark Moran Review of the ‘Guidelines for Traditional Visitors’ Increasing aid assistance Water supply Transportation Village economic development Cross-border trade and Indonesia Labour mobility Connectivity and mobile money Direct payments Shared governance Sharing security Notes

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