Coconuts provided commodities for the West in the form of coconut oil and copra. Once colonial governments established control of the tropical Pacific Islands, they needed revenue so urged European settlers to establish coconut plantations. For some decades most copra came from Indigenous growers. Administrations constantly urged the people to thin old groves and plant new ones like plantations, in grid patterns, regularly spaced and weeded. Local growers were instructed to collect all fallen coconuts for copra from their groves. For half a century, the administrations’ requirements met with Indigenous passive resistance. This paper examines the underlying reasons for this, elucidating Indigenous ecological and social values, based on experiential knowledge, knowledge that clashed with Western scientific values.

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在太平洋岛屿种植椰子树：知识和价值观的碰撞

椰子以椰子油和椰干的形式为西方提供了商品。一旦殖民政府建立了对热带太平洋岛屿的控制权，他们就需要收入，因此敦促欧洲定居者建立椰子种植园。几十年来，大多数椰干来自土著种植者。政府部门不断敦促人们疏伐旧树林并种植新的树林，如种植园，以网格模式，定期间隔和除草。当地种植者被指示从他们的树林中收集所有掉落的椰子作为椰干。半个世纪以来，政府的要求遇到了土著的被动抵抗。本文基于与西方科学价值观相冲突的经验知识，探讨了造成这种情况的根本原因，阐明了土著生态和社会价值观。