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PNG Conservation Deeds Lauded at Sea Turtle Symposium

STRP launches first community marine reserve in Papua New Guinea
January 29th, 2009
The Turtle Island Restoration Network’s Sea Turtle Restoration Project and the people of Karkum Village recently launched the new Karkum Conservation Area, a common turtle nesting site of the critically endangered Western Pacific leatherback turtle species

Karkum Statement Opposing Seabed Mining In Papua New Guinea

Indigenous People in Papua New Guinea Petition Government to Suspend Seabed Mining in Territorial Seas
July 9th, 2008

Leatherback turtles on the brink of extinction
by Wenceslaus Magun
Rising Sea Level affects nesting sites in Papua New Guinea

STRP in the News
by Wenceslaus Magun
Madang communities right wrongs to save giant leatherback turtles

Community Messages and Key Facts on Turtles

Map of PNG

Map of PNG villages on North Coast

Community Outreach 2007
In 2007, Western Pacific campaigner Wence Magun developed and facilitated a yearlong series of Conservation Deed training workshops in villages along the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

Conservation Deeds
An alternative to marine protected areas, conservation deeds are created and managed by communities not regulators.




Sea Turtle Restoration Project • PO Box 370 • Forest Knolls, CA 94933, USA
Phone: +1 415 663 8590 • Fax: +1 415 663 9534 • info@seaturtles.org
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