Assessment of management effectiveness for Papau New Guinea's protected areas. Final Report

Abstract

I n 2016–2017 the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), through its Conservation and Environmental Protection Authority (CEPA) and with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), organised for an evaluation of its protected areas, as part of the process to improve management effectiveness. The scope of work for this project included: Conduct a literature review of protected areas in PNG and methodologies used to evaluate protected areas; Design and test an evaluation tool to be employed in PNG; Undertake field work to assess PNG’s formally gazetted protected areas; and Analyse the data and compile reports (i.e. overall report and assessment data for each protected area).