Sub-global working group : state of the assessment report, Lihir, Papua New Guinea

The case study reported here is part of an assessment of ‘coastal, small island and coral reef ecosystems’ in Papua New Guinea (PNG), which is being undertaken by a team of scientists coordinated by staff at the Australian National University and the University of Papua New Guinea. The first phase of the assessment (due for completion in 2005) is a nationwide survey of the relationship between coastal communities and coastal ecosystems, with a number of local-level case studies of this relationship (see Figure 1). The second phase (due for completion in 2007) will focus on community-based assessments in one of the case study areas. This second phase is an integral component of the Milne Bay Community-Based Coastal and Marine Conservation Project (MBCP), which is being implemented by the UN Development Programme and executed by Conservation International.