Papua New Guinea Bets on Indigenous Communities to Protect 700,000 Hectares of Highlands

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 11 (IPS) – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved USD 6.4 million for a new conservation initiative in Papua New Guinea that seeks to protect 700,000 hectares of critical highland ecosystems by placing Indigenous Peoples and local communities at the centre of conserving and managing their ancestral lands.

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