From Wealth to Wellbeing: Translating Resource Revenue into Sustainable Human Development Papua New Guinea
This policy replaces the Papua New Guinea National Food Security Policy (NFSP) 2000-2010. The policy sets the medium to long-term direction and signals priority areas to focus resources (financial and human) to build sustainable food security for all Papua New Guineans. It provides a platform for joint planning to guide coherent programs and actions from all key stakeholders to strengthen food security in Papua New Guinea.
This report looks at the development of West African oil palm crops in Papua New Guinea, with special reference to the involvement of and economic prospects for small farmers.
Report for the Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights on the economic prospects for small farmers in PNG’s oil palm industry May 2006
The Medium Term Development Plan III (MTDP III) captures the main thrust of the Alotau Accord II and sets the Goal of “Securing our future through inclusive sustainable economic growth” by focusing on key investments to further stimulate the economic growth in the medium term. The key priorities of the Alotau Accord II are (1) inclusive Economic Growth with renewed focus in Agriculture, (2) continuing with Infrastructure development, (3) improvement of quality of Health Care, (4) improvement of quality of Education and Skills Development, and (5) improvement of Law and Order.
The tax system is a critical enabler for Papua New Guinea (PNG) to achieve its long-term development goals as presented in the Medium Term Development Plan 2 (MTDP), PNG Development Strategic Plan (DSP) (2010-2030), the Vision 2050 and the Medium Term Fiscal Strategy 2018-22. PNG’s long-term vision is to bring about economic growth and social development that will benefit all its citizens, so that by 2050 PNG will rank among the top 50 countries in the world in the Human Development Index (HDI).
Research paper on the development of provincial cultural centers based on local cultures
Community Conservation in Papua New Guinea's largest and first Wildlife Management area and Ramsar site
Tonda WMA is an important Ramsar Site for migratory shorebirds and waterbirds
Biodiversity Implementation and Monitoring Report (2017)
Population dynamics influences every aspect of the environment, human and economic development in any developing country.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is committed to the establishment of a network of protected areas to fulfil national and international commitments.
This Policy on Protected Areas (the Policy) has been developed by the Government of Papua New Guinea to support the development and management of a National Protected Area Network in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It will guide communities, organizations and agencies to harmonise their efforts in a structured and logical approach to the sustainability of existing and the development of new protected areas. The Policy offers a blueprint based on
international and national obligations and international best practice – but tailored to the unique context of PNG.
Papua New Guinea is committed to the establishment of a network of marine protected areas to fulfil national and international commitments. In order to assist this, the conservation priority areas analysis identified a range of areas of high conservation interest in the PNG marine environment, based on the principles of comprehensiveness, adequacy, representation and resilience (CARR). The analysis collated available national-scale data on biodiversity features and biodiversity surrogates.
East and West New Britain (2017) Report
PNG is in a unique position to choose a future that is responsible and sustainable