Description:

Science of Pacific Island Peoples is a series of four volumes which contains a unique collection of traditional scientific and technical knowledge, from the Pacific Islands. Traditional knowledge, based on accumulated experience or continuous usage is usually passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth and demonstration. Having little attention from media, education ministries or development agencies, traditional knowledge is in danger of being forgotten. These books attempt to record some aspects of traditional knowledge before they are lost.

This, the second volume on Land Use and Agriculture contains chapters on Kiribati, Western Samoa, yam cultivation in Tonga, an irrigated taro agrosystem in Fiji, the impact of mining in Papua New Guinea, taro islets in Chuuk, refuges in Hawai'i, Polynesian forest, aerial photography, yam cultivation in the Solomon Islands and agroforestry.