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Papua New Guinea
Rehabilitation of at least 17 priority Protected Areas (WMA) of the existing Papua New Guinea conservation areas system and extend the current 3% PA coverage of PNG’s territory to 5 % by 2015
18-Feb-2010
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| abstract: | PNG is home to one of just four large, intact tropical forest wilderness areas remaining on Earth, with over 30 million hectares of old growth forests. An astounding 50 percent of PNG’s plants (approximately 15,000 species in total) are endemic. |
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| objectives: | Rehabilitate at least 17 priority PAs, Implement a range of incentives related to health, education, water, electricity, agriculture, and communications to indigenous communities managing PAs, Develop a Management Plan and strong Management Committee in each PA, Expand the concept of resilient ecosystem based protected areas network from 3 to 5% of the national territory working with communities in 4 large new priority conservation areas to have these areas becoming recognised as Legal Conservation areas during this 5 year project, Commence a PNG Stewardship Endowment Fund to provide for the recurrent cost of incentives and managing all the selected conservation areas. |
| area impacted: | Papua New Guinea contains over 5% of the world's biodiversity in less than 1% of the world's total land
area. PNG is home to one large, intact tropical forest wilderness areas remaining on Earth, with over 30 million hectares of old growth forests. An astounding 50 percent of PNG's plants (approximately 15,000 species in total) are endemic. |
| link: | www.cbd.int/lifeweb/project.shtml?did=4727 |
| funding needed: | $10,000,000 USD€8 130 081 EUR |
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