Empowering Villagers in Papua New Guinea

Despite many obstacles, particularly in terms of communications infrastructure and access to remote areas, the Sepik Wetlands Management Initiative has achieved important results. A great deal of work was put into developing and increasing understanding of basic rights contained in the country’s Constitution as well...

The follow-up work to the baseline study undertaken since the beginning of 2012 has continued at a slower pace than expected given the complications and obstacles of travel in the area. As with the river communities along the Mid Sepik the main form of transport is by river. Part of the follow-up work was to extend the fact...

The construction of a copper and gold mine will have a serious impact on the lives of indigenous people living in a remote corner of Papua New Guinea, affecting the environment and the local economy and culture.Struggling for justice and presenting their case requires villagers on the Middle Sepik River to have access to...