Scoping Legal Training needs in Priority Sites to Promote the Establishment of Protected Areas - Baining Mountains and Central Manus
Grantee Name: Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights
- Hotspot
- East Melanesian Islands
- Location
- Papua New Guinea
- Amount
- $12,406
- Dates
- Sep 2016 – Apr 2017
- Keywords
- Awareness, Community-based conservation, Indigenous People, Legal support, Governance
Identify legal issues and conservation needs of communities within the Baining Mountain and Central Manus priority sites. Findings through community consultations will help shape future interventions through legal training to ensure that communities understand their rights within the national legal frameworks. The project will help communities in the priority sites establish protected areas and develop simplified guidelines for effective protected area management.
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