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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=109423022-08022010>Please do explore
<EM>Reite Plants, </EM>by Porer Nombo and James Leach on the link below. Even if
you haven't the slightest interest in ethnobotany, the bilingual text and the
stunning use of many full-colour photographs are worth viewing. This is
precisely the kind of thing that e-publishing can do so well, but that
print-only publishers would likely shy away from.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=109423022-08022010>Of course, you can
download the PDF version of the entire book for free or order a printed version
online.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Congratulations to Porer and James for their
extraordinary efforts<SPAN class=109423022-08022010> celebrating traditional
knowledge</SPAN>, and to ANU E Press for <SPAN
class=109423022-08022010>once again leading the way in academic
publications</SPAN>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Don Niles</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Acting Director & Senior
Ethnomusicologist</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Institute of Papua New Guinea
Studies</FONT></DIV>
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<H2>Reite Plants: An Ethnobotanical Study in Tok Pisin and English</H2>
<P>Porer Nombo and James Leach </P>
<P>Reite Plants is a documentation and discussion of the uses of plants by
speakers of the Nekgini language, a people who reside in the hinterland of the
Rai Coast in northern Papua New Guinea. High quality images and detailed
information about traditional customary practices using plants provide a unique
entry into understanding Nekgini social and cultural life. The book contains a
discussion of the ownership of plant knowledge in the context of both local and
contemporary global trends. As a dual language, co-authored text, the book is a
unique contribution to the ethnobotany and anthropology of Melanesia. Reite
Plants represents the product of a long term collaborative work between the
authors.<BR><EM></EM></P>
<P><EM>This book makes an important contribution ... Nombo and Leach provide an
exciting example of how much a deeper exploration of cultural context adds to
the field of ethnobotany. It will make very good company with the classic
ethnobiological collaborative work of Saem Majnep and Ralph Bulmer on the birds
and animals of the Madang highlands.</EM><BR>Robin Hide, The Australian National
University</P>
<P>ISBN 978 19216 66001 (Print version) $49.95 (GST inclusive)<BR>ISBN 978 19216
66018 (Online)<BR>Published January 2010<BR>Asia-Pacific Environment Monograph
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