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