Sustaining biodiversity, livelihoods and culture in PNG's montane forests
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £299,959
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.
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
