Conservation by Communities of the Tonda Wildlife Management Area

Date modified: 15 February 2022

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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Data and Resources

Rating
Issued 2021-07-19
Modified 2022-02-15
DCAT Type Text
Source https://png-data.sprep.org/dataset/conservation-communities-tonda-wildlife-management-area
Publisher Name PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority
Contact Point
  • Paul Chatterton