24 research outputs found
An Analysis of the Concept of 'Sustainability' in Mining Agreements in Papua New Guinea: The case of Hidden Valley/Hamata Mine
No full textThis thesis examined the way in which notions of economic, social and environmental sustainability were addressed in mining agreements in Papua New Guinea (PNG), through a case study of the Hidden Valley/Hamata mine. The thesis offered a discussion of indigenous and western perspectives on economic, social and environmental perspectives and practices. It then developed a model of sustainable development drawn from the scholarly literature and applied it to the case study.
The thesis explored the extent to which principles of sustainable development were incorporated into the mining agreement, as well as in negotiations amongst key actors. The study analysed key documents relating to sustainable development in PNG, including relevant national legislation and the memorandum of agreement negotiated amongst the principal actors in the Hidden Valley/Hamata mine. In addition, interviews and focus groups with the main participants in the Hidden Valley/Hamata case were also analysed. The analysis revealed significant deficiencies in the understandings of issues around sustainable development among all actors, which affected the negotiations of the mining agreement. The dominant concern for all actors, reflected in the analysis of documents and interviews, was economic. Furthermore, indigenous perspectives on sustainability were not given a hearing in the negotiations.
The study demonstrated that the major power differences between government and the mining company, on the one hand, and the landowners, on the other hand, prevented meaningful participation of the affected villagers in the negotiation process. The contradictory role of the state as both the regulator of the mining company and its partner in the mining development, along with a lack of awareness about issues of sustainable development, adds to the difficulty of implementing the provisions of the Environment Act. The thesis concludes by developing an analytical framework for negotiating sustainable development in mining agreements through incorporating indigenous and western perspectives and practices of economic, social and environmental sustainability in development projects.
The significance of this research is that it addresses a gap in the literature on sustainable development with specific reference to mining in PNG. It offers insights into the negotiation process of mining agreements and offers a framework for negotiating sustainable development in practice in the future
Rain forests of the Ok Tedi headwaters, New Guinea: an ecological analysis
No full textThe basin of the upper Ok Tedi rises from 500 to 2900 m and has been an isolated rain forested region of great antiquity. It is the wettest region within the southern mid-altitude fringe of New Guinea (>7000 mm of rainfall p.a.). There are 4 natural vegetation zones of which only Lower Montane Rain Forest is regularly inhabited and cultivated, though all zones are exploited for natural resources. The flora and fauna are rich and diverse. Heavy rainfall and persistent cloudiness compresses ecological zonation producing extremely diversified biota in a comparatively small area with high levels of locally endemic species. Although flora and fauna show moderate levels of similarity to other localities in eastern New Guinea, biogeographic relationship in many respects are more to the west. -from Author
The Influence of Product Innovation and Price Promotion on Consumer Purchase Interest in Banana Rolls MSMEs in Cirebon City
Full text linkThis study aims to analyze the influence of product innovation and price promotions on consumer purchasing interest in Banana Rolls Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Cirebon City. This study uses a quantitative research type with a survey approach. The quantitative method was chosen because it allows researchers to test predetermined hypotheses through numerical data collection and statistical analysis. Data were collected from 93 Banana Rolls consumer respondents through a questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using multiple linear regression after undergoing validity, reliability, and classical assumption tests (normality, linearity, multicollinearity, and autocorrelation). The results show that product innovation and price promotions, both partially and simultaneously, have a positive and significant effect on consumer purchasing interest. Product innovation contributes more to increasing purchasing interest than price promotions. These findings underscore the importance of an integrated marketing strategy that prioritizes creative product development and attractive price offers to increase competitiveness and consumer loyalty in the culinary MSME sector
Mining narratives and multiple geographies in Papua New Guinea: Ok Tedi, the emerald cave and Lost Tribes
Full text linkMining in Papua New Guinea has been accompanied by an efflorescence of origin tales that often serve as justifications for local claims to land rights or benefits arising from specific projects. While many of these narratives or myths have a clear instrumental function, there are many other elements of these tales that cannot be accounted for in these terms. In this article the author describes a recent origin story that emerged around the Ok Tedi mine, and places it in the context of traditional mythology, a changing system of regional relations, and circulating evangelical discourses. He argues that the story is best interpreted as an attempt to articulate a local position in relation to multiple geographies in which mining and Christianity are linked across scales ranging from the regional to the global.L’exploitation minière en Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée a vu émerger de nombreuses histoires des origines, servant souvent à justifier des revendications locales quant au droit foncier et aux bénéfices relatifs à des projets précis. Bien qu’une large part de ces récits et mythes ait une fonction clairement instrumentale, cette dernière interprétation ne peut rendre compte de tous les éléments constitutifs de ces histoires. Dans cet article, l’auteur décrit une histoire des origines récente, qui a émergé dans le contexte de la mine Ok Tedi. Il replace cette histoire dans le contexte de la mythologie traditionnelle, d’un système de relations sociales régionales en évolution, et des discours évangéliques qui circulent dans la zone. Il défend l’idée que ce récit doit être interprété comme une tentative d’articuler une posture locale avec les géographies multiples qui relient exploitation minière et christianisme, selon des échelles qui varient du régional au global
What every student is saying about written corrective feedback (WCF): EFL learners' voice
No full textAbstract: While recent research on writing has highlighted the importance of feedback for students’ improvement, little research has investigated the students’ affective engagement with written corrective feedback in EFL writing classes. To address this gap, data drawn from a qualitative case study were analyzed to investigate what learner affective engagement with WCF. This study has explored how 22 Indonesian learners engaged affectively with teacher WCF in EFL writing. It examines data collected from students’ draft, teacher written corrective feedback, students’ reflective journal and semi-structured interviews. The study has found that while the participants’ affective engagement was relatively positive, but due to its practical, situational, and emotional attachment between teacher and students, several students were aware that there was an absence of cognitive and communication factor trigger them to perceive negatively on WCF.
Keywords: affective engagement, feedbacks, WCF.
Title: What every student is saying about written corrective feedback (WCF): EFL learners’ voice
Author: Titin Rahmiatin Rahim, Muhammad Tedi, Citra Prasiska P, Tohamba
International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning
ISSN 2394-9686
Vol. 10, Issue 2, March 2023 - April 2023
Page No: 1-7
Novelty Journals
Website: www.noveltyjournals.com
Published Date: 04-March-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7697819
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Metode Diplomatik dalam Mengidentifikasi Kandungan Isi Naskah Gulungan Berbahan Daluang Koleksi Candi Cangkuang
Full text linkABSTRACTThis paper presents the results of the identification of rolled manuscripts made of daluang using diplomatic method. This method aims at getting the authenticity of the script based on the information that accompanies the text with the internal evidence contained in the manuscript. In terms of script identification techniques, diplomatic method utilizes direct observation techniques, assisted by other descriptions of contemporary manuscript as an evidence and support of the relevant literature. The use of diplomatic method in identifying rolled manuscripts produces the characteristics of the material, the literacy/language used in the text, and the editorial lapses contained in the text, but the identity of the author or the copyist and the time of the writing or copying manuscripts could not be found.Keywords: Manuscript identification, daluang, diplomatic method ABSTRAKTulisan ini menyajikan hasil identifikasi naskah gulungan berbahan daluang dengan menggunakan metode diplomatik. Metode diplomatik bertujuan untuk mendapatkan keaslian naskah berdasarkan informasi yang ada di dalam teks dengan bukti internal yang terkandung dalam naskah tersebut. Dalam hal teknik identifikasi naskah, metode diplomatik memanfaatkan teknik observasi langsung, dibantu dengan deskripsi dari naskah kontemporer lain sebagai bukti dan pendukung literatur yang relevan. Penggunaan metode diplomatik dalam mengidentifikasi naskah gulungan menghasilkan karakteristik material, huruf/bahasa yang digunakan dalam teks, dan penyimpangan editorial yang terkandung dalam teks, tetapi tidak bisa menemukan identitas penulis atau penyalin dan waktu penulisan atau penyalinan naskah.Kata kunci: Identifikasi naskah, daluang, metode diplomatik</jats:p
Research on recognition of the geologic framework of porphyry copper deposits on ERTS-1 imagery
Full text linkThe author has identified the following significant results. Many new linear and circular features were found. These features prompted novel tectonic classification and analysis especially in the Ray and Ely areas. Tectonic analyses of the Ok Tedi, Tanacross, and Silvertone areas follow conventional interpretations. Circular features are mapped in many cases and are interpreted as exposed or covered intrusive centers. The small circular features reported in the Ok Tedi test area are valid and useful correlations with tertiary intrusion and volcanism in this remote part of New Guinea. Several major faults of regional dimensions, such as the Denali fault in Alaska and the Colorado mineral belt structures in Colorado are detected in the imagery. Many more faults and regional structures are found in the imagery than exist on present maps
Papua New Guinea’s refugee track record and its obligations under the 2013 Regional Resettlement Arrangement with Australia
Full text linkThis paper examines Papua New Guinea\u27s track record in assessing and resettling asylum seekers, its current obligations under the 2013 Regional Resettlement Arrangement, and the sustainability of this arrangement.
Introduction
In the lead-up to the Australian Federal Election in September 2013, public attention focused dramatically on Papua New Guinea (PNG) in terms of the joint PNG–Australia Regional Resettlement Arrangement, the subject of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on 6 August 2013. In short, Australia would transfer asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat after 19 July 2013 to PNG where their claim for refugee status would be assessed, under PNG law, and those found to be refugees would be resettled in PNG ‘and in any other participating regional, including Pacific Island, states’. (Nauru is the only other current participating regional state, with Cambodia considering resettlement of asylum seekers at the time of publication.) While the Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Act 2012 provided for assessment of asylum seekers by PNG, it was the August 2013 Regional Resettlement Arrangement (mentioned as the 2013 Arrangement) that provided for resettlement in PNG, of asylum seekers determined to be refugees. In accordance with the 2013 Arrangement, the full cost of implementing the arrangement in PNG, that is, transfer, assessment, and resettlement, would be met by Australia.
PNG has a track record related to the assessment and resettlement of asylum seekers. The discussion paper begins with a brief outline of PNG policy responses to West Papuan asylum seekers from neighbouring Indonesian Papua. It focuses on the permissive residence system (part of a PNG ‘Limited Integration’ policy) offered to West Papuan refugees living at the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) resettlement site at East Awin in Western Province since 1997. Limitations of the permissive residence permit, particularly issues related to eligibility and permit renewal, illustrate challenges faced by the PNG government and bureaucracy to design and administer a visa system. PNG’s track record of assessing and resettling West Papuan asylum seekers since 1984 is looked at against the terms of the 2013 Arrangement, which requires PNG to determine the refugee status of asylum seekers transferred by Australia to the offshore processing centre on Manus Island, review negative determinations, and resettle in PNG those determined to be refugees.
The second section considers PNG’s obligations under the terms of the 2013 Arrangement. In relation to status determination, an efficient and procedurally fair determination process requires legislation i.e., domestic refugee law, and an effective immigration bureaucracy. It can be argued that neither of these elements were present at the time of the 2013 Arrangement. However, at the time of publication of this paper in mid-2014, some status determinations and a review process had been announced. In relation to resettlement, ongoing disagreement by the PNG government over the terms of resettlement (which refugees are to be resettled, how many refugees will be resettled) threatens to undermine the terms of the 2013 Arrangement. Australia has underwritten the costs of implementing resettlement under the Arrangement, although the details are not explicit. Nor are details available about any social planning being undertaken for the resettlement of refugees. The author takes up UNHCR’s charge of a ‘xenophobic phenomenon’ in relation to the reception of non-Melanesian refugees in PNG, and offers some context. It is argued that social planning that works towards minimising inter-community tension is critical to resettlement.
The 2013 Arrangement is subject to annual review by the Australian–PNG Ministerial Forum. The sustainability of the Arrangement in terms of legal challenges and security issues is the subject of the third section. Responding to the announcement of the first status determination decisions at the time of publication of this paper, the conclusion summarises some of the major issues related to PNG’s responsibilities under the Arrangement: procedurally fair assessment and review processes, and resettlement planning
PENDEKATAN KUANTITATIF DALAM STUDI KASUS PADA PENELITIAN BIDANG AKUNTANSI
Full text linkABSTRACTCase studies are potential research strategies used in the accounting field. Experts heve argued that case study research design has been used both in interpretivism and positivism, and is seen as a strategy that offers a flexible, pragmatic approach but still applies the rigorous analitical principle. The author supports the idea that case study design can be done based on quantitative approaches or mixed methods. In this case, the purpose of descriptive or explanatory related studies of the case can be achieved by carefully designing case study research, implementing it according to established protocols, and adhering to ethical values of the research.Keywords: accounting; case study; qualitative; quantitative; mixed-method. ABSTRAKStudi kasus merupakan strategi penelitian yang potensial digunakan dalam bidang akuntansi. Para ahli berpandangan bahwa desain penelitian studi kasus telah digunakan baik dalam paham interpretivist maupun positivist, dan dipandang sebagai strategi yang menawarkan pendekatan fleksibel, pragmatis namun tetap menerapkan ketelitian. Penulis mendukung gagasan bahwa desain studi kasus dapat dilakukan berdasarkan pendekatan kuantitatif atau metode campuran. Dalam hal ini, maksud kajian terkait deskriptif ataupun eksplanatif atas unit analisis yang menjadi kasusnya dapat dicapai dengan mendesain penelitian studi kasus secara hati-hati, melaksanakannya sesuai protokol, dan mematuhi nilai etika penelitian.Kata Kunci: akuntansi; studi kasus; kuatitatif; kuantitatif; metode campuran
Breaking the Subjective Bias: Rethinking the Talent Management Model in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Full text linkObjectives: The objective of this research is to address subjective elements in talent management assessment in civil service organizations, focusing particularly on the Ministry of Home Affairs. By investigating the effectiveness of the Sikerja application and proposing solutions to enhance objectivity, the study seeks to contribute practical insights for advancing talent management practices.Methodology: This research employed qualitative research, utilizing a case study approach. Through in-depth interviews with key personnel and a thorough literature review, data is collected and analyzed comprehensively.Finding: The study reveals significant shortcomings in Sikerja's ability to address subjectivity in performance appraisal at the Ministry of Home Affairs. It lacks rigorous testing and is influenced by personal biases, undermining its reliability. To develop a more effective talent management framework, the study proposes adopting a Data-Driven Decision-Making (DDDM) approach. This involves establishing an independent team to analyze performance data objectively, ensuring fairness and transparency. Finally, the study recommends developing a talent management model based on Berger's concept and data for continuous improvement.Conclusion: Developing a talent management model for the Ministry of Home Affairs requires an understanding of the current situation. The review of the Sikerja application highlights its limitations; subjectivity in assessments and the lack of scientific validation in its methods, which hinder its efficacy. Therefore, the author suggests adopting a Data-Driven Decision-Making (DDDM) approach in talent management. DDDM offers a robust solution by establishing an independent data analysis team, ensuring objectivity, and identifying areas for improvement. Integrating DDDM principles into all talent management stages will establish a framework promoting objectivity, transparency, and fairness, ultimately optimizing the workforce's potential
