M-CAM Releases Final Reports on Pacific Island Ethical Innovation Commons

Date:  Fri, 2008-08-08

M·CAM Releases Final Reports on Pacific Island Ethical Innovation Commons

Charlottesville, VA − Apia, Samoa − Kokopo, Papua New Guinea −− August 8, 2008 −−M·CAM has formally presented two reports to the governments and private sector organizations representing the Pacific Island Nations with regard to two immediate opportunities to restore ethical frameworks to the financial and innovation futures of the Pacific. The first project is focused on the indigenous knowledge of traditional healers in Samoa whose knowledge was expropriated and has languished for years. This knowledge relates to a possible treatment for HIV/AIDS as well as other anti-viral and anti-cancer therapies. The second report is focused on the undersea mineral exploitation proposals being launched first in Papua New Guinea and scheduled for further activity in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and New Zealand. This report is being distributed with the full support of the Komgi village leaders who have attempted to communicate their desire to preserve their environment and their ecosystem but have been unable to attract global attention to these vital issues.

Please see the Samoa − Mamala − Prostratin report here: Samoa Document

Please see the Undersea Mining Report on Nautilus here: Nautilus Paper