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19 July 2021 | dataset

Conservation by Communities of the Tonda Wildlife Management Area

Tonda Wildlife Management Area on the southern extremity of Papua New Guinea’s border with Indonesia is PNG’s largest and oldest conservation area and its only Ramsar site. For over 20 years it has been managed by a committee of indigenous leaders drawn from 20 village communities. While this group has provided strong local level protection of land, lack of support to the committee has meant that the full potential of community management has not been realised. Furthermore threats on a regional and international scale cannot be easily
dealt with by current community institutions.

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Conservation by Communities of the Tonda Wildlife Management Area

Community Conservation in Papua New Guinea's…

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Publisher PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority
Modified 09 April 2022
Release Date 19 July 2021
Source URL https://png-data.sprep.org/dataset/conservation-communities-tonda-wildlife-mana…
Identifier 9686263d-6d69-42f4-bed0-ee06b5f19bc6
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location Papua New Guinea
Relevant Countries Papua New Guinea
License Public
[Open Data]
Contact Name Paul Chatterton
POD Theme Biodiversity, Culture and Heritage