Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

"Ecocolonialism, the imposition of European conservation paradigms and power structures on indigenous villagers, is incompatible with the principles of indigenous control of village rainforest preserves..... We discuss problems that have occurred in the Samoan village preserves and offer suggestions for the establishment of future village-controlled preserves in other areas of the South Pacific. " (from authors" abstract)

Lucid account of the experiences of Samoan villages (Falealupo and Tafua, in particular) in establishing rainforest covenants.