mangrove

USAID awarded K475,594 (US$140,000) in grants to the Papua New Guinea Centre for Locally Managed Areas (PNGCLMA) and Mahonia Na Dari Research and Conservation Centre (MND).

USAID awarded PNGCLMA the grant Sustainability of Community Mangrove Management through Strengthening Government Partnership. PNGCLMA will work with the Kairuku District communities and stakeholders to finalise and implement plans to strengthen the biodiversity conservation of the particularly biodiverse mangroves of Hall Sound Bay in Central Province.

The villagers have so far been trained by Sustainability in Community Needs Assessments, Land Use Planning, Roles and Responsibilities of Executives, Financial Literacy and will also get training for mangroves and ecosystems' rehabilitation.

A total of 8,600 mangrove seedlings have been paid off and will be planted at selected plantations of NBPOL.