‘Science aids peace’
PA Dunedin Scientific knowledge can help to ensure world economic welfare and help strengthen bonds of peace in the Pacific, says the Gover-nor-General. Sir David Beattie. He used the Tokelau Islands as an example to support that view, when opening the fifteenth Pacific Science Congress in Dunedin. The islands, he said, had a problem because there was little soil on them and imported soil seemed to
disappear through pores in the coral. “This is one area in which scientific study may be able to help,” said Sir David. However, iriuch could also be learned from the Islanders, who had fewer high blood pressure and cardiac problems than people anywhere else in the world. . The theme of this year's congress, attended by about 1000 scientists, was the conservation, development and use of Pacific resources, said Sir David.
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