Vast new MPAs are PNG’s first to be co-managed by Indigenous communities

Mongabay
Dec 14, 2023, 2:29 pm165 ptsTrending
The government of Papua New Guinea has declared two large new marine protected areas, capping a six-year effort in consultation with local communities on how to curtail the harvest of threatened species and restore the health of fisheries that people have depended on for generations. The MPAs, announced Nov.…

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