Over recent decades it has become widely accepted that managing fisheries resources means managing human behaviour, and so understanding social and economic dynamics is just as important as understanding species biology and ecology.
This survey was conducted in the northern part of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville between 1st –2 5th of November 2008. The survey covered the western side and outer islands of Buka Island, the Saposa and Buka Town region and the Tinputz region on north eastern side of Bougainville Island. The survey team was comprised of marine scientists, conservationists and fisheries’ officers. The survey provided an assessment of the status of sea cucumbers, reef fish and corals in Northern Bougainville, with recommendations for their conservation and management.
Papua New Guinea has astonishing biological and cultural diversity which, coupled with a strong community reliance on the land and its biota for subsistence, add complexity to monitoring and conservation and in particular, the demonstration of declines in wildlife populations. Many species of concern are long-lived which provides additional
In 2008 we began intensive archaeological surveys at Caution Bay, located 20km to the northwest of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (Figure 1.1). We followed this with the excavation of 122 stratified sites in 2009- 2010, and detailed analysis of the well preserved and abundant faunal, ceramic and lithic finds has beencontinuing ever since.
This paper consists of a review of existing literature relating to Incorporated Land Groups in Papua New Guinea (PNG), followed by a case study of two urban incorporated land groups (ILGs) in the city of Lae. The paper is an attempt at assessing the sustainability of ILGs in the country. The challenges facing the ILGs have heightened public fears that the land groups may not be sustainable. Based on the argument in previous studies that the ILGs are not sustainable,
The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is committed to achieving high and sustained economic growth and improving the social well-being of the country’s population.
A driver is a natural or human-‐induced factor that directly or indirectly causes a change in the system of interest (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). Understanding drivers of change helps us to 1) identify causes and mechanisms of change in variables of interest (Biggs et al. 2011, Fereira et al. 2011), 2) be able to anticipate and sometimes even predict future outcomes, and 3) be able to understand the context or ‘backdrop’ of past change.
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The Purari Hydropower Project is a public-private joint venture. The governments of Queensland and Papua New Guinea (PNG) are supporting Origin Energy of Australia and PNG Sustainable Development Program Limited (PNGSDPL) of PNG in a feasibility study to potentially dam the Purari River at Wabo in the Gulf Province of PNG. PNG Energy Developments Limited (PNG EDL) is a 50:50 joint venture equally owned by Origin Energy and PNGSDPL
The marine resources of the Coral Triangle (CT) region are the most biologically diverse in the world and sustain the livelihoods of a massive and growing population. The region currently has an estimated population of 394.7 million, one third of which (131.5 million) are estimated to be directly depending on marine and coastal resources for their livelihoods and wellbeing (Table 1).