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Sustaining biodiversity, livelihoods and culture in PNG's montane forests

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£299,959
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Papua New Guinea

Summary

To reduce and ultimately end deforestation in the Bismarck Mountains of PNG, strengthen local livelihoods, and conserve biological and cultural diversity, this project will improve agricultural practices, implement sustainable forestry and silviculture, reduce hunting pressure on threatened species, and retain and pass on traditional ecological knowledge to the next generation.
 
Status Completed
Reference 23-020
Round 22
Start 01/04/2016
End 31/03/2019

Project Leader


Project Partners
Individual Reform and Restoration Movement (IRRM), KGWan Eco-habitat, WAMU5, National Agricultural Research Organisation - PNG, Oxfam GB - South Africa


Regions
Pacific

Biomes
TROPICAL FOREST, FORESTS

Production
WILDLIFE HARVEST, FORESTRY

Threats To Biodiversity
OVER EXPLOITATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, LAND USE CHANGE

Broad Approches
SPECIES CONSERVATION, IN SITU, GOODS SERVICES, SUSTAINABLE USE, POVERTY REDUCTION, LIVELIHOODS, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

Specific Tools
RESEARCH TRAINING, TRAINING, PARTICIPATORY, CEPA, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, PROTECTED AREAS, REHABILITATION

Countries
Papua New Guinea

Documents:
Download: Final Report - 23-020 FR edited - 03/03/2020

Download: Half Year Report - 23-020 HYR3 - 21/08/2020

Download: Annual Report - 23-020 AR2 - 23/01/2019

Download: Half Year Report - 23-020 HYR2 - 10/01/2018

Download: Annual Report - 23-020 AR1 - 04/10/2017

Download: Half Year Report - 23-020 HR1 - 16/02/2017

Download: Application Form - 23-020 App Mar16 - 27/04/2016