Consolidating local capacity for biodiversity surveys in Papua New Guinea
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Post-Project
VALUE £70,687
WHERE Papua New Guinea
Summary
To consolidate the parataxonomist biodiversity survey team by developing its personnel structure, improving its research infrastructure and broadening its range of skills, thus increasing the team's ability to conduct locally-driven biodiversity surveys in PNG on a financially sustainable basis.
A fully equipped and trained team of parataxonomists, conducting biodiversity surveys including field work, building of biological collections, data analysis and report writing, which can collaborate with researchers, conservationists and grassroots villagers, thus being capable of providing biodiversity information to both the scientific community and resource owners.
