Integrating conservation and health in Papua New Guinea’s vulnerable rainforests
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £355,353
WHERE Papua New Guinea
Summary
This project aims to protect highly diverse forests in Papa New Guinea (PNG) and improve their inhabitants’ quality of life. Using conservation interventions, research, and capacity building it will:
(i) enable expansion of indigenous rainforest conservation through community health provision
(ii) spread awareness of the benefits of intact forests
(iii) research both the relationships between forest integrity and health in PNG, and the efficacy of integration of health services into forest conservation across the tropics, and
(iv) train students and staff in research and conservation.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), PNG Institute of Medical Research (IMR), Wanang Conservation Area (WCA), New Guinea Binatang Research Centre
Regions
Pacific
Biomes
TROPICAL FOREST, FORESTS
Production
FORESTRY
Threats To Biodiversity
LAND USE CHANGE
Broad Approches
SPECIES CONSERVATION, IN SITU, ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION, ECOSYSTEM APPROACH, POVERTY REDUCTION
Specific Tools
RESEARCH TRAINING, RESEARCH, TRAINING, CEPA, MONITORING
