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Jared Diamond on the End of the World: Is PNG the Only Country that can Survive?

• February 23, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in PNG International Issues, PNG Sustainability
Tags: Agrarian, Agriculture, America, American Southwest, Anasazi Indians, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Bolivia, Canada, Chemical Contamination, China, Civilization, Climate Change, Collapse of Complex Societies, Collapse: How Societies Choos to Fail or Succeed, Conservation, Corporation, Darwin, Deforestation, Dennis Kucinich, Density, Depopulation, Doom, Easter Island, Ecosystems, Ecuador, End of the World, Energy, Environment, Finance, Food Production, Fossil Fuels, Gardening, Germs, Global Warming, Gloom, Guns, Human Civilization, India, Jared Diamond, Joseph Tainter, Law Vegas, Los Angeles, Natural Selection, North America, Pacific Island Nations, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peak Oil, Peru, Phoenix, Pollution, Population Explosion, Pulitzer Prize, Ron Paul, Somalia, South America, Specialization, Species, Supply Lines, Sustainability, Technology, Threats, Tiwanaku, Western Civilization, World Leaders

Who Introduced the Sweet Potato into PNG?

• November 3, 2008 • 5 Comments

Posted in PNG Culture, PNG History
Tags: Austronesian, batata, camote, Guns Germs and Steel, Ipomoea batatas, Jared Diamond, kaukau, Markham Valley, Melanesia, New Guinea, non-Austronesian, Papua New Guinea, Papuan, PNG, Polynesia, sweet potato