[Aidwatch] Hijacking Development Futures: "land Development" & Reform in Vanuatu

[AID/Watch E-Bulletin]

AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Tuesday 22 September 2009
1.   PUBLICATION: Hijacking Development Futures: "Land Development" & Reform in Vanuatu

2.   ARTICLE: Melanesian Land Alliance Formed 
3.   Submission: AID/WATCH submission re PACER Plus  

4.   EVENT: Book Launch - History of Aid to Laos: Motivations and Impacts

5.   EVENT: Climate Camp 2009 

6.   Donate to AID/WATCH

 

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1.   PUBLICATION: Hijacking Development Futures: "Land Development" & Reform in Vanuatu

This AID/WATCH briefing paper provides an overview of the land situation in Vanuatu from pre-independence to today. The paper highlights how Australian interests and aid relationships are often in opposition to the needs and aspirations of the majority of Vanuatu's indigenous peoples and risk hijacking their development futures. 

 

The briefing is available at: http://aidwatch.org.au/publications/hijacking-development-futures-land-development-reform-in-vanuatu

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2. ARTICLE: Melanesian Land Alliance Formed 
AID/WATCH Committee of Management member, Dr. Tim Anderson, writes about the formation of the Melanesian Indigenous Land Defence Alliance (MILDA), which will coordinate efforts in the region to help traditional families maintain control over their own land. 

 

The article is available at: http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/807/41540

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3.    Submission: AID/WATCH submission re PACER Plus  

In August 2009, AID/WATCH made a submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) regarding PACER Plus, a proposed economic and trade agreement between Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island countries. AID/WATCH's submission highlights concerns over the potential impacts of PACER Plus, as well as Australia's engagement with Pacific Island countries and role in PACER Plus. 

 

AID/WATCH's submission is available at: http://aidwatch.org.au/publications/pacer-plus-resources

 

For other submissions to DFAT re PACER Plus see: http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/spacific/pacer/index.html

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4.    EVENT: Book Launch - History of Aid to Laos: Motivations and Impacts

The Australian Mekong Resource Centre (AMRC) invites you to the launch of History of Aid to Laos: Motivations and Impacts - the first comprehensive publication on development assistance to the aid-dependent country of Laos. Written by a former senior Lao official in international cooperation, the book investigates the situation of a country dependent on foreign aid for more than half a century and the ways in which donor nations have shaped Lao development and political relationships through the aid process.

 

When:                         Wednesday 23 September, 4.30pm 

Where:                        Madsen Conference Room (449),                                                                              

                                    Madsen Building, University of Sydney

 

For more information contact Natalia Scurrah, email: nscurrah at usyd.edu.au  Ph: (02) 9351 7796  

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5.            EVENT: Climate Camp 2009 

 In NSW, Climate Camp '09 will be three inspiring days of workshops, sustainable living and grassroots direct action from October 9 -11th. Climate Camp 09 is simultaneously a place to learn, a sustainable community, and an opportunity to take action on climate change and environmental destruction. It is built on four principles: education, sustainable living, movement building and non-violent direct action.

 

For more information see: http://climatecamp.org.au/

 

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6.    Donate to AID/WATCH

AID/WATCH is a community-based organisation and does not accept government or corporate funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent monitor of Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of development on the planet and its people. Only through being financially self-sufficient can we have the freedom to criticise or applaud with objectivity. Together with you we can achieve change without compromise.

Click this link to give to AID/WATCH today:

http://www.aidwatch.org.au/donate

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