PNG Country Report was published in 2006 or earlier. Reports the progress on mangrove wetland protection and sustainable use of these areas in PNG
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is committed to the establishment of a network of protected areas to fulfil national and international commitments.
Through BioScapes, turtle extinction risk assessments from the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme will be utilised to develop regional threat reduction activities for five species of marine turtles. National turtle monitoring coordinators will be established to improved national monitoring and awareness raising for turtle conservation. A network of long-term turtle nesting survey sites will be established in selected Pacific Island countries.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to increase site level management capacity for the protected areas of Palau. To increase capacity, The Nature Conservancy will provide support to the Protected Area Network Office under the Bureau of Environment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment and Palau Conservation Society and Division of Maritime Security and Fish and Wildlife Protection under the Bureau of Public Safety of the Ministry of Justice of Palau.
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