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April 2007
Additional funding bids being written and end of year annual report in production. Andrew Farmer and Jeff Dawson preparing to
arrive to begin the second year of project work.
March 2007
Field visit from Alexia Tamblyn (JFA) to PNG to deliver education materials, teach packs and training materials. Training has
begun for guides and survey sites further agreed upon. Specific community meetings have been targeted and completed as was a
bi-annual stakeholder meeting. Additional field staff were interviewed and employed including the projects PNG science officer.
Location for the eco-lodge identified and agreed upon.
October 2006-February 2007
Scoping visits and planning phase undertaken to the valley by representatives of FRI and our Science Staff to assess
suitable survey areas and to undertake stakeholder meetings with communities to find out what alternative livelihood
projects they wanted to focus on to meet their needs.
September 2006
Project launch! Dr Craig Turner (JFA) and James Sawyer (CCC) undertook a two week field visit to the project in September.
The two undertook the first stakeholder meeting to draw up a memorandum of agreement between all the project partners and the
people of the Waria Valley. Both travelled to the Waria Valley to meet with groups and undertake specific consultations
with teaching groups and to assess project areas. On return the project was launched at the Forestry Research Institute in Lae
by the minister Hon. Sasa Zibe and received an excellent turnout and media coverage. After traditional dancing (sing sing)
and speeches the memorandum was signed and interviews with newspapers and radio held. To show their support for the project
many of the people from villages from the Waria Valley travelled the eight hours by boat to Lae to show their support and
then returned the same day!
Annual Progress Report
For a breakdown of work plans for year one and year two as well as the end of year report for the project please click on
the following link:
Annual Progress Report (24 page, 263 KB)
