Wanang Conservation Area

The new research project could not be opened without a proper feast and traditional sing sing.Sacrifice to the forest spirits during the construction of the station, making sure the station will meet with their approval.Philip Damen, the visionary bigman leading the Wanang community towards forest conservation.

News

See also New Guinea Binatang Research Center YouTube channel for some
Wanang videos:

Wanang Conservation Area: YouTube Channel

Wanang Conservation Area: YouTube Channel

In 2015, the Wanang Conservation Area received the UN Development Programme Equator Prize, a prestigious international award that recognizes “outstanding local achievement in advancing sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities”. Wanang is one of 21 conservation projects awarded, selected from over 1,400 applications.
More information: here and here.

UNDP Equator prize in Paris in 2015.

UNDP Equator prize in Paris in 2015.

The Equator Prize was delivered to the Wanang community by the PNG UNDP representative, Mr. Roy Trivedy, at a ceremony hosted at the Divine Word University in Madang.
More information here.

Equator Prize was delivered to the Wanang community.

Equator Prize was delivered to the Wanang community.

Wanang conservation story featured also here:
http://www.blogs-mri.org/awards-for-papua-new-guinea-conservation-area/

Magi, the language spoken in Wanang, was the subject of a recent paper by Don Daniels (Australian National University) entitled Magi: An Undocumented Language of Papua New Guinea. Indeed, the language spoken here has been just recently discovered by the linguistic community…
More information here.

We have started (in June 2016) the first re-survey of the 50 ha forest dynamics plot in Wanang. This means revisiting and re-measuring 288,000 trees…

WANANG Conservation Area - Partners

Webdesign: NovotnyArt