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	<title>Resource Management in Asia-Pacific &#187; Resource Management in Asia-Pacific </title>
	<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap</link>
	<description>- issues, events and publications on Asia-Pacific resource management</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Triumph of the wicked brothers</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/21/triumph-of-the-wicked-brothers/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/21/triumph-of-the-wicked-brothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Burton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Resource conflict]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time there were economists and, lo!, they pronounced a blessing would come upon the land, and milk and honey would flow, and all men would prosper.
A small boy who overheard looked upon them and said &#8216;You&#8217;re not wearing any clothes!&#8217;. And so it was, they weren&#8217;t, but all the same the members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Rice Argument thoughts</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/21/post-rice-argument-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/21/post-rice-argument-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RMAP Guest</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[1. RMAP News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crops]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Land]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[food security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Bourke (Argument Moderator)
This was an excellent Argument with all speakers making compelling cases. As well as the panel, Janelle McGufficke, Manager of Environmental Programs at Ricegrowers&#8217; Association of Australia and Deborah Kerr from the National Farmer&#8217;s Federation, gave short presentations, making a strong case for irrigated rice production in Australia. The event was recorded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials shock &#8216;nuclear&#8217; posture in Port Moresby</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/15/officials-shock-nuclear-posture-in-port-moresby/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/15/officials-shock-nuclear-posture-in-port-moresby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Burton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I nearly fainted this morning to read that a Pacific neighbour was rattling a nuclear sabre. Luckily, all that was being threatened with annihilation was the English language:
The Immigration counter officers appear to be nuclear on part 7 of instructions page 1 and part 13 of Form 81  (etc, etc) &#8230; Therefore, the purpose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Grabbing Petition</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/08/land-grabbing-petition/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/08/land-grabbing-petition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maylee Thavat</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Land]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fancy a bit of arm-chair activism anyone?
There is an online petition currently underway to stop land grabbing in Cambodia, while it may have no effect whatsoever, it won&#8217;t hurt to type your name and press send, to email this message to Hun Sen
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		<title>The secrets of Bejing&#8217;s pollution and more&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/06/the-secrets-of-bejings-pollution-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/06/the-secrets-of-bejings-pollution-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel P Lorenzen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why is there so much haze in Bejing has been a question asked by many journalists recently and especially now with the Olympics just beginning. Aparent fact is: no, it isn&#8217;t the cars!
All this and more &#8217;secrets&#8217; of China, including China&#8217;s Climate Change Policy, a coinciding interest with the US, are given away in the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shock find - anthropologist admirer</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/06/shock-find-anthropologist-admirer/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/06/shock-find-anthropologist-admirer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Burton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Heritage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Against the trend of anthropologists/archaeologists being generally rubbished in Papua New Guinea, a letter writer this week positively gushed over ANU alumnus John Muke this week:
I admire the work and effort of archaeologist Dr John Muke. Many people find archaeology and anthropology a waste of time as they are not profitable. But you thought otherwise. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conferences, confidence motions and cancellations</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/04/conferences-confidence-motions-and-cancellations/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/04/conferences-confidence-motions-and-cancellations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Allen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[1. RMAP News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Solomon Islands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently travelled to Solomon Islands with members of the School&#8217;s State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM) to participate in the inaugural &#8216;Panatina Seminar&#8217; which was scheduled to take place on 24 and 25 July. Unfortunately the event was cancelled at very short notice due to a no confidence motion which was subsequently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar on Women and Mining today at 12</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/04/seminar-on-women-and-mining-today-at-12/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/04/seminar-on-women-and-mining-today-at-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[1. RMAP News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Minerals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am giving a presentation at 12 in Seminar Room C today in Gender Relations Centre Seminar Series. The title of the seminar is: &#8216;On the Question of a Right to Mine: Women, Gender and Work in Coal Mining in India&#8217;. I am sure it will be of interest to some RMAPpers.
The seminar illuminates the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New jobs out there for farmers</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/new-jobs-outthere-for-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/new-jobs-outthere-for-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel P Lorenzen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crops]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hate to buy the veggies in the supermarket? Want to grow your own food but do not have time to dig the garden yourself? Why not hire a farmer!  See here the full story on how Americans turn their lawns into organic mini-farms&#8230;
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		<title>A &#8216;Dialogue&#8217; on mining in India</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/a-dialogue-on-mining-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/a-dialogue-on-mining-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[4. Other News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Minerals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[See details of this Workshop to be held at the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, on 11-12th August, 2008
http://www.cseindia.org/programme/industry/mining/joint_workshop.htm
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		<title>World Water Week in Stockholm</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/world-water-week-in-stockholm/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/world-water-week-in-stockholm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[4. Other News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sanitation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/world-water-week-in-stockholm/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is that time of the year again! Activists, researchers and professionals working on water are gathering in Stockholm later this month. This year&#8217;s theme is Progress and Prospects on Water for a Clean and Healthy World, with a special focus on sanitation. GWA is holding sessions on water as the means to end conflicts.
For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering Earth</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/engineering-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/engineering-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[4. Other News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A conference was recently held in the University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, on large &#8216;mega&#8217; engineering projects and their social impacts. For details, abstract and list of participants see http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/EngineeringEarth/
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		<title>&#8216;Mining&#8217; gender</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/mining-gender/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/mining-gender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[1. RMAP News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Minerals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gender is indeed a multi-layered complex reality, and feminist scholars have been digging through these layers, to &#8216;unearth&#8217; women&#8217;s  contributions in various aspects of life. When gender confronts mining, many articulations of everyday life assume different - even metaphorical - significance. To get a glimpse of the complexities lying at the intersection of  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Doc Position: Center for Tropical Marine Ecology</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/post-doc-position-center-for-tropical-marine-ecology/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/post-doc-position-center-for-tropical-marine-ecology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hendra Siry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[4. Other News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), an associate member of the Leibniz Society, addresses ecological and socio-economic issues related to the sustainable use of tropical coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, coral reefs and sea grass beds. Research and teaching at the Center are devoted to the structure and functions of these ecosystems, their resources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humboldt Research Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/humboldt-research-fellowship/</link>
		<comments>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/08/01/humboldt-research-fellowship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hendra Siry</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[4. Other News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Humboldt Research Fellowship
Open to all nationalities and all disciplines
The Humboldt Research Fellowship enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars of all nationalities and disciplines to carry out research projects for extended periods of time in cooperation with academic hosts at research institutions in Germany. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, the quality and fea­sibility [...]]]></description>
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