Communities oppose the mine and hydropower development that threatens the health of the Sepik river The Sepik River is Papua New Guinea’s longest, free flowing river and one of the largest and most ...

A feasibility study for the first large-scale copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea's environmentally-sensitive Sepik River catchment suggests it will be even bigger than expected.

A newly published study published explores the important role that traditional Papua New Guinean beliefs play in an ongoing campaign against a copper and gold mine on a tributary of the Sepik River.

This paper argues that the precolonial political system of the Manambu, a people of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, was in a process of evolving institutions of rank, and that these patterns of ...

To hide the screams, the men play long bamboo flutes and pound lizard-skin drums. When a boy reaches manhood in the Sepik Valley he must fast for a week, then retreat to the Haus Tamburan, the men’s ...

The project aims to assist government and local stakeholders in the design of an integrated river basin management (IRBM) framework for the Sepik river. This framework will protect biological ...

The Sepik River runs for more than a thousand kilometres from the central highlands of Papua New Guinea to the northern coast and into the Bismarck Sea. Its largely uncontaminated freshwater systems ...

Now it’s day three of our cruise and we are entering the Sepik River. The name gives me a little shiver of excitement. The 18-cabin True North, our luxury home afloat for an 11-night Sepik Soiree ...

This article contributes to recent research on the foundations of society in Melanesia, both in terms of local representation and actual social practice, as well as body imagery and gender. I have ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Until November 1. Paki (guardian figure), early 20th century in Myth + Magic: Art of the Sepik ...

My grandfather, Harold Rusbridge, who was a marine engineer, told a remarkable story about his experience while stationed in Queensland, Australia towards and just after the end of World War II in ...