Resource Extraction and Contentious States

Matthew G. Allen is Professor of Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific. He is a human geographer with over twenty years experience working in the Melanesian Pacific, and has previously held a number of academic appointments at the Australian National University.

• Introduction.- Panguna and the Bougainville Crisis.- Reopening Panguna.- The Solomon Islands “Tension”.- Mining in Contemporary Solomon Islands.- Conclusion.