News Category: Papua New Guinea

NEW SUMMER DATES FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION!: 08 May 2008; NEW EXCLUSIVE 8 WEEK PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION DATES AVAILABLE FOR 2008!; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Staff, Tropical Forests
READ ALL ABOUT IT: NEW REEF AND LEAF OUT NOW!: 19 December 2007; The eagerly awaited and much anticipated Reef and Leaf is here just in time for 2008! There are lots of exciting updates in this issue, including info about the iminent launch of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) and...; Categories: General News, Newsletter - Reef and Leaf, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Trinidad & Tobago, Tropical Forests
Waria Valley Science Update, Papua New Guinea: 17 December 2007; The science programme has been making steady progress since the first survey was carried out in June this year. So far the team has completed full surveys in nine different locations with many more areas identified for future work. Four habitat types are being looked at comprising of primary forest, disturbed-agricultural land, primary forest-disturbed edge and secondary forest-primary forest edge. Click the link for more info.; Categories: General News, Monthly Project Updates, Papua New Guinea, Reports and Publications, Tropical Forests
CCC Vacancy: Field Conservation Officer (Papua New Guinea): 17 December 2007; Role As the Field Conservation Officer you will be co-managing the research and biodiversity survey aspect of the Waria Valley Community Conservation project. You will largely assist the Project Manager in all aspects of the biodiversity and socio-economic research programme,...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Vacancies
ANCIENT ARTIFACT FOUND: 10 December 2007; An ancient club head has been found by one of CCC's scientists by the Gui River in Papua New Guinea. The club head, known as ami sasiyang (ah-mee sah-see-yah-ng) in the Zia language, is around 3 inches long and 1.5 inches in diameter and provides a tangible link to the warfare of the local Zia tribes past.; Categories: Papua New Guinea
CALL TO ACTION!: 09 November 2007; Are you a confident, enthusiastic person committed to conservation with a passion for Coral Cay? We are looking for volunteers to help spread the word about CCC in their local areas AROUND THE GLOBE! Main Activities include: Get your...; Categories: CCC Representatives, CCC Scholarship Award, CCC Society, CCC Staff, Competitions, Coral Reefs, Fiji, General News, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Past volunteers, Philippines, Press Releases, Red Sea, Staff, Travel, Trinidad & Tobago, Tropical Forests, Trust, Vacancies
CCC project gets national news coverage: 13 September 2007; Coral Cay Conservation's project in Papua New Guinea's Waria Valley has received national exposure thanks to an article in the country's leading daily newspaper the Post Courier. Bio-diversity survey for Waria By PISAI GUMAR THE Waria Valley of Morobe...; Categories: CCC In The News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Postcard from PNG: 06 September 2007; Coral Cay's Conservation team based in Papua New Guinea's Waria Valley continues to soldier on as they explore new and fascinating areas of this amazing wilderness. The team is doing its best to solve that age-old question - "What...; Categories: Newsletter - RAinforest REport, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Life in the Waria Valley: 04 September 2007; The following is an extract from the beginning of book two of handwritten notes made on site by Andrew Farmer in the Waria Valley, Papua New Guinea. Bego had a few bits of wire and a metal sieve in his...; Categories: Diaries and Reviews, Papua New Guinea
New Papua New Guinea Photos: 27 July 2007; New photo's for the Papua New Guniea project are now avaliable to view on the website. To view this gallery and see whats been happening on the expedition, please click here For more information about the Papau New Guinea...; Categories: CCC In The News, Papua New Guinea
PNG Update: Ready to go back to the valley: 27 July 2007; PNG Update Ready to go back to the valley. Sitting upstairs in The Old Lae Yacht Club. Writing by the light of the Turtle Project offices. We’ve taken over the little empty office to put our stuff in as...; Categories: CCC In The News, Papua New Guinea
College Lecturer Joins Remote Community in Papua New Guinea.: 24 July 2007; Andrew Farmer, biology lecturer from Leek College, has spent the first month as Project Manager of the Waria Valley Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods Project in Papua New Guinea. The way of life is very different in the valley compared...; Categories: CCC In The News, Papua New Guinea
PNG Newsletter - July Edition: 23 July 2007; The July edition for PNG Newsletter is now available to download so read all about what the project team is up to... The Waria Valley conservation project team has carried out three full weeks of biodiversity surveys in the...; Categories: CCC In The News, Papua New Guinea
PNG Newsletter: 08 June 2007; The first issue of the WCVP Community newsletter is now avaliable to download. The Waria Valley Community Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods Project (WVCP) sprang to life last month with the arrival of Andrew Farmer - Field Project Manager, Jeff...; Categories: Papua New Guinea
Post Courier newspaper: "Waria Valley attracts conservation project": 10 October 2006; The Post-Courier, the largest selling national newspaper in Papua New Guinea, has published an article praising Coral Cay Conservation's project. The project was officially been launched at the Forestry Research Institute in Lae (Morobe Province) at the end of...; Categories: CCC In The News, Papua New Guinea
CCC launches the Papua New Guinea Project: 29 September 2006; The Papua New Guinea conservation project has officially been launched at the Forestry Research Institute in Lae (Morobe Province) today by the Hon Sasa Zibe, the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, and senior delegates from Coral Cay Conservation. The...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Press Releases
CCC awarded Darwin grant: 19 September 2006; Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) is recruiting volunteers for a 10-week expedition to Papua New Guinea, after being awarded a grant from the Darwin Initiative. The Darwin Initiative is a grants programme that aims to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Press Releases
BBC Wildlife - Papua New Guinea: 14 September 2006; The BBC Wildlife article features on the 'weird but wonderful' Papua New Guinea as 'an intoxicating cocktail of stone age and space age, natural history and human history, biodiversity and cultural diversity'. Papua New Guinea is located in the...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Leek College Lecturer Returns to Jungle: 05 August 2006; Published in the Leek Post and Times on the 2nd August 2006 Andrew Farmer, a biology lecturer from Leek College, will be leaving the sunny Moorlands in September to live with the people of the Waria Valley in Papua New...; Categories: CCC In The News, CCC Staff, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Papua New Guinea - New Forest Conservation Project: 04 May 2006; Coral Cay Conservation has recently been awarded a grant from the Darwin Initiative to undertake a community-based forest conservation project in Papua New Guinea. The Darwin Initiative is a grants programme that aims to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests
Papua New Guinea Forest Project: 06 October 2005; Dr Craig Turner (CCC Director of Science) recently undertook a scoping visit to Papua New Guinea (funding by the Darwin Initiative). CCC is currently developing a project to work in partnership with the people of the Waria Valley (Papua New...; Categories: General News, Papua New Guinea, Tropical Forests

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