By Dr. Gavin Mudd (MPI/Monash University) In early February, the Mineral Policy Institute (MPi) and the Tasmanian Public & Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) co-hosted a tour of abandoned and legacy mines in western and north-eastern Tasmania. The tour was led by Isla Macgregor from TPEHN and Dr Gavin Mudd,...

The Island of Misima lies 200 kilometers off the far eastern coastline of mainland Papua New Guinea. Over two hundred thousand people inhabit the Island and live together in small villages along the coastlines. Isolated and remote a one-way plane ticket to the Island from Port Moresby or the...