ABSTRACT
This chapter reveals domestic/international interactivity as a dynamic able to challenging established diplomatic and constitutional forms demarcating sovereign responsibility. Domestic/international interactivity aggravated the Bougainville conflict yet assisted the peace process. Indigenous rights demands indicated that domestic/international interactivity highlighted the Draft UN Declaration's role as a mechanism through which to progress shared demands and strategies. Domestic determinants served as a shield to withstand attack from domestic and international environmental lobbies, political opponents, and experts of standing. Australian policy on global warming and greenhouse gas limitations illustrated the pursuit of domestic interests by international means. Environmental management in the Pacific Islands illustrated domestic/ international interaction as a challenge of implementation. The chapter indicates how a belated reckoning of decolonisation could exacerbate internal divisions within subject territories. Decolonisation and indigenous rights demands relate to the historical legacies of prior external control and domination.
