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Side Events at the 28th SPREP Meeting – Effectiveness of Papua New Guinea’s Protected Areas

October 1, 2017

conservation issues, management effectiveness, people

Better understanding of protected areas management and priorities were some of the key outcomes from Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Protected Areas project highlighted during a side event at the 28th Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) meeting, in Apia, Samoa. PNG currently has 58 gazetted protected areas, both marine and terrestrial. Under PNGs new Protected Areas Policy it will regularly evaluate management effectiveness of these areas. The evaluation of the effectiveness of management within these protected areas was…

Free e-book on Protected Area Governance and Management

May 19, 2015

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Climate chnge, conservation issues, culture, endangered species, health, interpretation, management effectiveness, people, recreation, reserve types, World Heritage Sites

Fiona, MArc and some 200 other authors have combined to contribute to an ebook on protected area management. It is free to download – see the ANU website to download Protected Area Governance and Management presents a compendium of original text, case studies and examples from across the world, by drawing on the literature, and on the knowledge and experience of those involved in protected areas. The book synthesises current knowledge and cutting-edge thinking from the diverse branches of practice and…

Desert park in flood

March 3, 2014

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The Diamantina River is many kilometres wide as the Channel Country lives up to its name. Photos by Chris Mitchell. Diamantina National Park is the only protected area the river flows through in Queensland, on its long journey to Lake Eyre.

PNG protected area policy

March 3, 2014

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Andrea and Fiona spent a week in Port Moresby last month meeting with the senior protected area staff in PNG, to facilitate their new polocy on protected areas. More information to come as the policy develops!

Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa | Extinction Countdown, Scientific American Blog Network

January 23, 2014

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conservation issues, endangered species

A new study published about lions in West Africa. Our associate Lauren Coad is a co-author Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa By John R. Platt | January 8, 2014 | 23 Email Print Physically and emotionally demanding. That’s how Philipp Henschel, Lion Program Survey Coordinator for the big-cat conservation organization Panthera, describes the six years he and other researchers spent combing the wilds of 17 nations looking for the elusive and rarely studied West African lion. The…

Home in the semi-arid zone!

November 19, 2013

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A couple of photos of Fiona’s home in the middle of a very remote Australian national park – we are still in the midst of dire drought! Yellow-spotted monitor on patrol – pretty sure he is king of all he surveys.Thanks Rob for the photo