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Takitumu Conservation Area - OECM process of recognition

The National Environment Service is working closely with family representatives of the Takitumu Conservation Area, to submit an assessment application that will give the TCA official international recognition as an Other Effective area-based Conservation Measure. All documents relevant to the submission process will be stored here, including resources on the TCA, which are referred to in the assessment form. 

Participation, not enalties: Community Involvement and Equitable Governance Contribute to more Effective Multiuse Protected areas

Accelerating ecosystem degradation has spurred proposals ti vastly expand the extent of protected areas (PCs), potentially affecting the livelihoods and well-being of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) worldwide.Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 13 p.

Contemporary Rāhui: Placing Indigenous, Conservation, and Sustainability Sciences in Community-led Conservation

Resource sustainability requires and recognising and developing pathways to integrate local and indigenous knowledge alongside conservation and sustainability sciences within management practices and governance. However, knowledge never occurs in a vacuum, and is always mediated by the beliefs, values or stances towards its possession or use within particular contexts.
Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 13 p.

Conservation by Communities of the Tonda Wildlife Management Area

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.