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2017, State Society and Governance in Melanesia In Brief
This In Brief discusses contemporary land complexities in Solomon Islands with reference to land dealings around the capital city of Honiara. It provides a brief history of land in Honiara before discussing urban land use, planning, and development.
People and cultures of Oceania, 2017
Four layers of confusion obfuscate the issue of land in Gilbert Camp. First, residents ignore the intended representative of their residence rights. Second, they are confused regarding the "right" way to access land. Third, they do not know who the "real landowner" is. Fourth, the land boundary has changed continually since the foundation of Honiara. In this article, I try to clarify the confusing issue of land by looking at it from 3 perspectives: (1) The history of land policy in Solomon Islands reveals a long-standing neglect of the indigenous point of view regarding land; (2) ethnographic approaches illustrate how people react to such a dismissive attitude; and (3) the contemporary preference for patriliny among government officials exemplifies the tendency toward a form of "indigenous essentialism" in which the interests of policymakers and landowners converge. This article demonstrates that the issue of land is a legacy from the past that bears major consequences for the future of Solomon Islands.
Kastom, property and ideology, 2017
A report prepared for Solomon Islands Government and launched August 2015 by Solomon Islands Minister of Lands, Housing and Survey, Hon Andrew Manepora’a.
The Journal of Pacific History, 2015
2019
This Report highlights the need for a step by step development process for land reform efforts. Based on land reform experience in other Melanesian countries, it shows that a successful land reform process requires clear policy direction. The amending or writing of new land laws should be the final step of this land reform process, rather than the beginning. This report is a useful discussion document that we can draw on as we constructively engage in dialogue to create our own unique pathway for a successful land reform in Solomon Islands.
2017
From the onset of the colonial era, land reform in Solomon Islands has focused on changing customary landholding arrangements so as to improve productivity and stimulate economic growth. Most land in Melanesia remains under customary tenure, which is broadly communal by nature and cannot be alienated without profound social disruption. Customary land, social relations, livelihoods, power structures, knowledge, identity and place are all inter-related in Melanesian life-worlds. This complexity is still poorly understood by those promoting the view that customary land hinders development, and needs to be reformed in order to establish secure property rights and enhance productivity. Land reform has been on the Solomon Islands development agenda for more than a century. Its implementation has always focused on enacting land laws to facilitate the transition of customary land to private property rights regimes. This is founded on a development model based on economic premises that remai...
Australian National University, 2017
Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, and its surrounding urban areas have the highest levels of population growth in the South Pacific, and the population could treble by 2050. Such rapid growth presents huge challenges, but also great opportunities. This report looks at how the people living in Honiara can manage growth and embrace urban opportunities. It considers possible pathways to enhance urban policy and governance; diverse partnerships across communities, sectors and levels of government; economic prosperity and livelihoods; and urban-rural linkages. The report draws on discussion groups across Honiara with residents in settlements, the private sector, planners, Guadalcanal province and youth groups; involving over 150 people.
2017
This paper explores contemporary land tenure complexities, the challenges associated with them and how they have been addressed in Honiara. Particularly relevant to land allocations in Honiara has been the Commissioner of Lands and the Land Board. Prior to the establishment of a Land Board in 2014, the Commissioner of Lands had discretionary administrative powers to determine people’s access to urban land in Honiara, including when to exercise force as a process of exclusion (Hall et al 2011; Fraenkel 2004). I argue that the way the Commissioner of Lands exercised administrative power allowed some people control over access to urban land while others had to pursue access through different strategies, for example through leveraging claims of indigeneity (Allen 2012). I then examine the changes to the land laws which allowed for the establishment of a Land Board and how this has contributed to addressing access to urban land in Honiara.
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