Customary land rights undermined in Melanesia
Updated
Most of the land across Melanesia is controlled by clans and families, and there are usually no written land titles and people own land collectively without being able to sell it. The latest report from the NGO AID/WATCH, entitled "In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land", looks at the impact of Australian aid and development programs in the Pacific. It also analyses the Australian government development agency, AusAid's, specific policy on customary land.
Presenter: Caroline Lafargue
Speaker: Dr Tim Anderson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney and co-author, "In Defence of Melanesian Customary Land"
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