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Pacific Science From the University of Hawai‘i Press.
-biological and physical sciences.
1947-2000 available open access online
1947-2005 in paper copy
2001-present online

The South Pacific Journal of Natural Science. 
Many issues held in the MB Library.
Later known as: The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences 2001-2018 online

Waka Kuaka: The Journal of the Polynesian Society.

Bernice P. Bishop Museum publications.

• Bishop Museum Bulletins. A few online, many held in the MB Library.
• Pacific Insects. Available online .
• Pacific Insects Monographs. Available online. Some but not all are held in UC libraries.
• Insects of Micronesia. Available online.
• Pacific Entomological Survey. Available online.
• Bishop Museum bulletin in entomology. Vol. 1-13 held in the EPS Library
• Bishop Museum Special Publications. Many held in UC Libraries.
• Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. Many available online. A few held in the MB Library.
• Bishop Museum Memoirs. Available online. Some held in the MB Library.

Atoll Research Bulletin. From the Smithsonian Institution
held in MB Library and Storage (1951-2007), online (1953-2012) at the Biodiversity Library, and 2007-present at the Smithsonian

Journal for Hawaiian and Pacific Agriculture 1998-2011

Latai-Niusulu, A., Nel, E., & Binns, T. (2020). Positionality and protocol in field research: Undertaking community-based investigations in Samoa. Asia-Pacific Viewpoint, 61(1), 71-84. https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/apv.12252 

For more Pacific research guidelines, see the Pacific Research page.

Pacific Community “Sustainable Pacific development through science, knowledge and innovation”

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa

Pacific Data Hub

Find NZ theses and other research material at NZResearch.

Discover and explore items of digitised Pacific cultural heritage at Digital Pasifik.

The Pacific Agricultural Information System (PAIS). The starting point for Pacific agricultural information.

College of Tropic Agriculture and Human Resilience, University of Hawai'i

Lovo, E., Woodward, L., Larkins, S., Preston, R., & Baba, U. N. (2021). Indigenous knowledge around the ethics of human research from the Oceania region: A scoping literature review. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 16, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-021-00108-8

Thompson, O., Anderson, J., Chen, M., Haack, G., Mane, R., Stewart, T., Strickland, J., Walthert, J., Jutel, S., Mausua, T., Schwenke, D., Sopoaga, F., Walker, S., & Richards, R. (2020). Use of bodily tissues in research–Pacific perspectives from Dunedin, New Zealand. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(5), 245-252. https://doi.org/10.26635/phd.2020.624

Crichton, B. (2017). Fa'asāmoa bioethics and healthcare decision-making in New Zealand. The Journal of Samoan Studies, 7(3), 47-61

Gray, B. (2014). Bioethics for New Zealand/Aotearoa. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 127, Article 1397.

Efi, T T. T. T. (2009). Bioethics and the Samoan indigenous reference. International Social Science Journal, 60(195), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01705.x

Du Plessis, R., & Fairbairn‐Dunlop, P. (2009). The ethics of knowledge production–Pacific challenges. International Social Science Journal, 60(195), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01704.x

Dickenson, D. (2005). Human Tissue and Global Ethics. Life Sciences, Society and Policy 1, 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-5354-1-1-41

Mead, A. T. P., & Ratuva, S. (Eds.). (2007). Pacific genes & life patents: Pacific indigenous experiences & analysis of the commodification & ownership of life. Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra; United Nations University of Advanced Studies.

PIMRIS Regional Repository. "A regional e-repository of published and unpublished documents produced by marine and fisheries departments in the Pacific Island Countries."

Overviews

Nunn, D. (1998). Pacific Island landscapes: Landscape and geological development of southwest Pacific Islands, especially Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. University of the South Pacific.
Held Macmillan Brown Library (Library-use only) QE 638 .A1 .N972

Rapaport, M. (2013). The Pacific islands: Environment and society (Rev. ed.). University of Hawaiʻi Press.
-includes geology, geography, ecology, agriculture, mining and more.
Held Macmillan Brown Library (Lending Pacific Collection, and library-use only copies) GF 851 .P33 2013

Cultural aspects

Blong, R. J. (1982). The time of darkness: Local legends and volcanic reality in Papua New Guinea. ANU Press.

Fepuleai, A., Weber, E., Németh, K., Muliaina, T., & Iese, V. (2017). Eruption styles of Samoan volcanoes represented in tattooing, language and cultural activities of the indigenous people. Geoheritage, 9(3), 395-411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-016-0204-1

Nemeth, K., & Cronin, S. J. (2009). Volcanic structures and oral traditions of volcanism of Western Samoa (SW Pacific) and their implications for hazard education. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 186(3-4), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.06.010 

Nunn, P. D. (2009). Vanished islands and hidden continents of the Pacific. University of Hawai’i Press.
Includes a chapter on Pacific Island oral tradition about vanished islands.
Available online and held in MB Pacific lending collection DU 18.5 .N972 2009

Nunn, P. D. (2021). O cei na vulavula? Insights and regrets of a foreign geoscientist in the Pacific Islands. Geosciences, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11050182

Nunn, P.D. & Pastorizo, M.R. (2007). Geological histories and geohazard potential of Pacific Islands illuminated by myths. In L. Piccardi, W. B.  Masse, (Eds.), Myth and geology (pp. 143-164). Geological Society of London. 
(Held Central Library)

Geoegineering

Hossain, K. M. A. (2010). Development of stabilised soils for construction applications. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Ground Improvement, 163(3), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1680/grim.2010.163.3.173
(Papua New Guinea)

Ram, A. R., Brook, M. S., & Cronin, S. J. (2019). Engineering geomorphological investigation of the Kasavu landslide, Viti Levu, Fiji. Landslides, 16(7), 1341-1351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01191-x

Taganesia, J. V. (2009). Mechanisms and remediation of cut batter failures along the Queens Road at Wainigasau and Namuka i lau, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. [Master’s thesis, University of Canterbury]. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/4150

Utanga, T. A. T. (1996). Contemporary coastal protection on Rarotonga, Cook Islands. [Master’s thesis, University of Canterbury]. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/4260

Tsunami hazards

Rahiman, T. I. H. (2006). Neotectonics, seismic and tsunami hazards, Viti Levu, Fiji. [Doctoral thesis, University of Canterbury]. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/1110

Williams, S., Titimaea, A., Bosserelle, C., Simanu, L., & Prasetya, G. (2020). Reassessment of long-term tsunami hazards in Samoa based on sedimentary signatures. Geosciences, 10(12), 481. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10120481

Volcanoes:

Brandes, H. G., & Nakayama, D. D. (2010). Creep, strength and other characteristics of Hawaiian volcanic soils. Géotechnique, 60(4), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.8.P.117.3277

Cronin, S. J., & Neall, V. E. (2001). Holocene volcanic geology, volcanic hazard, and risk on Taveuni, Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 44(3), 417-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2001.9514948

Fepuleai, A., & Németh, K. (2019). Volcanic geoheritage of landslides and rockfalls on a tropical ocean island (Western Samoa, SW Pacific). Geoheritage, 11(2), 577-596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-018-0306-z

Johnson, R. W. (2013). Fire mountains of the islands: A history of volcanic eruptions and disaster management in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. ANU Press.

Also search the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

• Ratuva, S. (2009). Commodifying cultural knowledge: Corporatised western science and Pacific indigenous knowledge. International Social Science Journal, 60(195), 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01709.x
• Traditional knowledge and wisdom: Themes from the Pacific Islands. (2014). International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO. 
• Ohukani'Ōhi'A, S. M., Winter, K. B., & Demotta, M. (2021). KUA-LAKO-MO'O: A methodology for exploring indigenous conceptualisations of nature and conservation in Hawai’i. Pacific Conservation Biology, 27(4), 320-326. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC20020
• Pilbeam, V., van Kerkhoff, L., & Weir, T. (2019). Conservation decision-making in Palau: An example of the parallel working of scientific and traditional ecological knowledge. Environmental Management, 64(5), 564-579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-019-01213-3
  Short but interesting section on expertise and credibility

Science of Pacific Island Peoples (Four books which include most of the papers presented at the Conference on the Science of Pacific Island Peoples in July 1992)
vol. 1. Ocean and coastal studies
vol. 2. Land use and agriculture
vol. 3. Fauna, flora, food & medicine
vol. 4. Education, language, patterns & policy

Preliminary bibliography on traditional science and technology in the Pacific Islands. 1992

Goetzfridt, N. J. (2008). Pacific ethnomathematics: A bibliographic study. University of Hawai'i Press. 
-Macmillan Brown Library Pacific Collection GN 668 .G611 2008

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