The Nature Conservancy has been working with Urumarav in Madang Province and other villages in the Adelberts Range for more than 10 years to develop plans for productively using their lands while helping to sustainably conserve their natural resources and sacred areas. These communities rely on a combination of local gardens and hunting and gathering. In the 1990s, they saw a decline in important wildlife and didn’t like the looks of alternatives. Unsustainable timber on nearby lands had irreparably disrupted the customary way of life. They had a sense of what they wanted, but needed help to pull it together.
The Conservancy has worked with Urumarav and other communities to identify their own long-term vision for their land and develop a management plan that helps realize that vision. The plan belongs to the Clans that make up the community and includes agreements to set aside portions of the land for specific purposes including conservation. Through this process communities delineate their community boundaries and identify different areas for different land uses: Village Development, Hunting, Forest Use, Agriculture, Garden, Areas protected for Culture and Conservation. By helping the plans to get official recognition from the local government, these plans become a milestone for legal recognition of customary lands and community-based conservation.
Read More: http://change.nature.org/2011/06/02/mountain-clans-in-papua-new-guinea-plan-their-future-save-their-forests/
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