TURTLE TRAINING WORKSHOP
MUR, RAI COAST, MADANG Province, Papua New Guinea
Report prepared by
JOB OPU
For MAKATA INC. MARCH 2014
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Mur villagers and the
Dawang Primary School teachers and students for welcoming us to Mur village and
Dawang Primary School to conduct this turtle training.
This training would not have been possible without the
generous support MAKATA received from the Pacific Development
and Conservation Trust Fund in New Zealand.
This report is part of an ongoing work to conserve,
replenish, restore, save, and protect the critically endangered leatherback turtles
in Madang, PNG which got off the ground in mid 2006 by the Turtle Island
Restoration Network’s Sea Turtle Restoration Project. The project was initiated by Western Pacific
Campaigner for TIRN, Wenceslaus Magun. He managed this project until 2008 when his contract expired.
With funding assistance from TIRN, Mr. Magun
registered Mas Kagin Tapani Inc. (MAKATA) in 2008 and sustained this project.
This project has also received funding assistance from SPREP, WWF, GGF, UNDP_SGP, and other donors.
MAKATA has however, not received any technical or funding assistance from the State or its agencies.
With these small grants MAKATA is able to assist local communities establish managed areas which covers five coastal areas designated under Conservation Deed in Sumkar District. These Managed Areas are: Karkum-Mirap Conservation Area with 508 Hectares, Kimadi Conservation Area with 550 Hectares, Magubem Conservation Area with 924 Hectares, Tokain Conservation Area with 773 Hectares, and Yadigam Conservation Area with 736 Hectares.
MAKATA is currently working with Sarang, in north coast, Sumkar District and Mur, Lalok, Male and Bom-Sagar villages in Rai Coast District.
This project has also received funding assistance from SPREP, WWF, GGF, UNDP_SGP, and other donors.
MAKATA has however, not received any technical or funding assistance from the State or its agencies.
With these small grants MAKATA is able to assist local communities establish managed areas which covers five coastal areas designated under Conservation Deed in Sumkar District. These Managed Areas are: Karkum-Mirap Conservation Area with 508 Hectares, Kimadi Conservation Area with 550 Hectares, Magubem Conservation Area with 924 Hectares, Tokain Conservation Area with 773 Hectares, and Yadigam Conservation Area with 736 Hectares.
MAKATA is currently working with Sarang, in north coast, Sumkar District and Mur, Lalok, Male and Bom-Sagar villages in Rai Coast District.
Table of
Contents
1. Introduction
Sea
turtles of today have changed little from their ancient reptilian ancestors
that appeared on earth millions of years ago before humans. For many years,
humans have been exploiting turtles for food and decorative ornaments. In the
last 200 years or so, the uncontrollable harvests of adults and juveniles and
turtle eggs have caused sea turtle population worldwide to drastically decline.
The remaining populations are critically endangered and very close to
extinction.
Of
the seven of world’s marine turtles, six occur in the PNG marine waters. These
include the Flatback, the Green Turtle, the hawksbill, leatherback turtle, the
loggerhead and Olive Ridley. Of these six, Hawksbill, Green turtle and the
leatherback turtle are most common. From previous survey results and anecdotal
information, PNG has some of the large remaining populations of hawksbill,
green turtle and Leatherback turtle in the world today. However these
populations and especially the leatherback turtle have rapidly declined.
Marine
turtles have lived over 100 millions of years. They grow slowly and take
between 30-50years to reach sexual maturity. Some live to be over a 100years
old.
All
marine turtle species are experiencing serious threats to their survival. The
main threats are pollution can change to environment – especially reefs and
nesting areas. Marine turtles are also killed by entanglement in marine debris,
incidental catch in active fishing gear, predation by feral animals, changes to
habitat and food sources and indigenous hunting.
Marine
turtles migrate long distances of up to 3000 km between nesting beaches and
home foraging grounds so that impact on animals in one region have far-reaching
implications for populations that spun local, regional and national boundaries.
Marine
turtles have traditionally had strong cultural linkages to local communities
along the coastal areas of PNG. To maintain these cultures drastic decline in
turtle populations must be put to a stop.
Many
beaches and near shore reefs along the coastal areas of PNG are home to the
marine turtles. While turtle conservation programs have been initiated in a few
parts of PNG, large areas although significant in nature lack turtle
conservation programs. It is in these areas that local consumption of turtle for
eggs and meat go on without saving some of these turtles and eggs.
The
MUR Turtle training is a recent initiative by a Mas Kagin Tapani (MAKATA) Inc. Under its Marine Turtle Conservation Program, MAKATA
intends to mobilize Madang coastal communities that have leatherback turtle
nesting sites/beaches to set in place protection and management mechanisms for both
the adult nesting turtles and the nests and eggs during the annual nesting seasons.
This
training workshop is the first of its kind on Mur community and hopefully won’t be the last. This is a
first step into stopping the continuous harvesting of turtles and turtle eggs
in the Mur area.. .
The
workshop was organized by the MAKATA Inc. under Mr Wenceslaus Magun and hosted by the Mur
Community and The MUR Top-up school. Rai Coast, Madang Papua New Guinea.
The
workshop ran from the February 21st – the 24th
February 2014 and the target audience of
the workshop included Mur community
members as well as Grade 7 and Grade 8 Mur Top-up school students. . There were
over 40 participants at this course.
Fig
1. Students of Mur top-up school very keen in learning about Leatherback
Turtles.
Fig 2. Group photo with Mur villagers at Dawang Primary School (Courtesy of Wenceslaus Magun)
Fig 2. Group photo with Mur villagers at Dawang Primary School (Courtesy of Wenceslaus Magun)
1.1 Aims and objectives
The
objectives of the training workshop were as outlined:
- Exposing participants to turtle biology and conservation
- Instructing participants on turtle tagging and monitoring protocols. Theory and Practical
- Developing a simple action strategy and management plan for turtle conservation and management
- Exposing the participants to laws protecting endangered marine species
- Exposing the participants to the use of awareness campaigns to educated communities on the turtle conservation.
- Networking communities with each other and in country turtle specialists so as to progress sustainable management of marine turtles.
The training workshop intended to enhance the capacity of Mur communities’
members who are developing a turtle management program in Turtle Conservation
and Management. It specifically introduced participants to turtle tagging, data
recording and compiling of basic information to monitor turtles that frequent
their shores and near shore marine turtles habitats.
1.2 Expected Outcomes
Expected
outcomes of the workshop are as listed below.
- Participants have been exposed to turtle tagging and monitoring protocols and are comfortable to begin turtle monitoring including tagging and documentation of nesting data on their nesting beaches.
- Participants are well versed with turtle and marine issues and are able to articulate through awareness campaigns to the coastal communities of the Rai Coast District.
- A turtle conservation and management network is established and information flow and exchange is initiated and maintained.
2. Course Contents.
The training workshop was divided into 6 sessions and presentations
and discussions were centered on this. The sessions are as listed below.
Session 1: To introduce marine turtle ecology to the participants that will
include:
·
Marine environment
·
Marine turtle biology / life
cycle
·
Marine turtle nesting ecology
Session 2: To introduce Marine turtle Species found in
PNG waters
·
Marine Turtles species in PNG
waters
·
Marine turtle Distribution in
PNG waters
·
Status of Marine Turtles in PNG
·
Current Turtle programs in PNG
Session 3: To
introduce turtle tagging and data collection protocols
·
Marine turtle tagging
·
Various tags used
·
Data sheets
·
Satellite tracking
·
Databases
·
Practical application to turtle
tagging and data collecting
Session 4. Developing a
turtle Conservation Management Plan
·
Strategic planning and workplan
·
Management planning
Session 5. Marine Turtle
Protection under PNG legislation
·
Fauna Protection and Control
Act (1978)
Session 6. Education and Awareness on Marine Turtle Conservation
Programs
·
Education and awareness
..........WHY???
·
Methods/ Avenues
The training workshop program is outlined in Annex 1.
3. Outcomes of the Workshop.
Due to logistical arrangements and the rough sea weather conditions,
the training team arrived late on Friday night – 21st February 2014,
at MUR Village. Participants began
arriving on Saturday 22nd
February 2014. Registration done on the
morning of the workshop. Those who came later were registered in the following
day. Nearly half the participants that
registered were Grade 7 and 8 of Mur Top-up school.
Day 1. Saturday 22nd February 2014
An opening ceremony was done at 10.30am to open the workshop. The
local church elder made a few remarks on the importance of creation and
followed this with a prayer. This was followed by a few remarks by Mr. Wenceslaus
Magun, the MAKATA Inc. Project Coordinator.
Following the opening ceremony, participants were asked to introduce
themselves. Participants’ number at the workshop was about 40. Gender balance
was adequate.
The training proper began at 11.00am. The participants were
introduced to the marine environment. These included the major habitats such as
mangroves forests, seagrass beds, the coral reefs and the pelagic or deep
waters. Examples of organisms on each habitat were given. There was great emphasis
on the “connectivity” of the marine systems and the need to consider this
connectivity when designing a management regime for these systems. Oceanic and
local water currents playing a major role in disbursement of larvae etc. of
marine organisms was also highlighted. Turtle migration and feeding was also
linked to marine connectivity and the importance of turtle migration linking to
feeding and breeding/nesting grounds.
Marine turtle biology was introduced next. The participants were
introduced to the life cycle of the marine turtles. From the nesting behaviour
to hatchling going into the sea, growing up on the sea and the migration to
feeding sites and returning to nesting beaches as matured adults. A 4th turtle species, the Marine
Turtle nesting ecology was presented to the participants highlighting nesting
behaviours and beaches.
Marine Turtle species of the oceans were introduced and all seven
species of marine turtles were introduced briefly. The common 3 species
(hawksbill, green turtles and the leatherback turtle) were discussed thoroughly as more time were spend
on these 3 species and also the fact that they were very common in PNG marine
waters. Current turtle programs in PNG
were also presented. This included the Huon Coast Leatherback program and the Madang
tagging program.
Marine Turtle Species in PNG waters and their distribution were then
presented to the participants. The participants were informed that there has
been no systematic update on the distribution of the turtle species in the PNG
waters since the last distribution survey done by Sylvia Spring[1]
in 1978. Information from Sylvia’s survey indicated that Greens and Hawkbills
were common throughout PNG waters while Leatherback was restricted to the
northern coast of PNG mainland and occasionally were found in the New
Britain’s, New Ireland and Manus Islands beaches during nesting seasons.
For each presentation, discussion time was set aside for questions
and comments. There were a good number of discussions and comments. Traditional
knowledge was also highlighted by the participants on their knowledge of the
marine environment and especially on the marine turtles.
Towards the end of the day there was a recap and a brief evaluation
of the presentations and the workshop ended for day at 5.30pm. All in all the
participants understood and grasped the presentation well
Day2. Sunday 23rd February
Day two began at 1.30pm after church services with a recap of the
previous day’s presentation. This was followed by a couple of presentations on
turtle tagging and monitoring protocols throughout the day.
Presentations under this session included: Turtle tagging protocols,
various tags that are used, turtle monitoring datasheets, and various turtle
databases and turtle management programs in PNG and the region. Under turtle
tagging protocols, participants were instructed on the proper application of
various tags used including the metal tags, the PIT tags and the satellite
tracking systems. Advantages and
disadvantages of this various tags were highlighted. Various data sheets were
also introduced to the participants including:
“turtle encounter and nesting turtle datasheet”, “nest “datasheet,
Nesting Beach ground survey”..etc. The participants were informed that the
Turtle Encounter and Nesting Turtle Datasheet” was ideal for the purpose of the
turtle tagging program that is being initiated along the Madang coast.
There was no actually demonstration of tagging and data compilations
the turtle team did not have any tags and applicators for the training.
Time was also set aside for questions, comments, and clarifications
on the presentations. In general, the session was very constructive and also a
lot of information not covered under the formal presentations was covered under
this session.
Towards the end of the day, awareness videos on the plight of the
leatherback turtles were shown to the participants. Children made about half
the participants. 5 videos were shown and captured the participants attention.
After an evaluation of the day’s sessions, the workshop wrapped up
at 6.30pm. .
Day3. Monday 24th february 2014
Day 3 was a very special and interesting day.
Then morning session was dedicated to the school children comprising
Grade 7 and 8 students. A special mention is made here of the school children
in that, the school term has begun some weeks back but the children have not
had any teachers to date. In fact there were only 3 teachers were running the
school including the Headmaster. The headmaster especially requested for a
morning presentation because the students were going through the first few
weeks studying Environment and Resources.
The following topics were covered:
·
Environment
o
Definition,
o
Land, freshwater wetlands, sea
and air
o
Natural and manmade
o
Abiotic and biotic
·
Resources
o
Definition of resources
o
Natural and manmade resources
o
Renewable and non-renewable
resources.
·
Climate change and sea level
rise
·
The greenhouse effect and the
ozone layer
·
Acid rain
The audiences were captivated from the
start. They were very keen and asked a lot of question that were very well
thought out.
The afternoon session was resumed with the turtle training community
participants. Some students also remained in the afternoon session. This was
basically introducing the participants to strategic planning of various
programs and especially developing a Turtle Management Plan for the marine
turtle program for their respective communities. A simple logical framework was
used to get the participants into the strategic planning process.
The following topics were covered under this session:
- Strategic planning (vision, mission...etc.)
- Work planning
- Issues
- Thematic mapping of issues
- Developing a Management Plan
- Adding possible costing to certain activities.
The participants were introduced to basic strategic planning and
then taken through a strategic planning exercise using their community oriented
turtle program to develop Workplan for their community programs. For most of
the participants it was a first time to go through a strategic planning process
but they were very enthusiastic and had no problems coping with the exercise.
The strategic planning exercise took half of the afternoon.
The final two sessions were squeezed in to the later part of the afternoon
session. This included the relevant laws and legislation protecting turtles and
how to go about developing an effective awareness campaign on turtle
conservation.
Under the PNG laws on wildlife protection, participants were
introduced to the Fauna Protection and Control Act (1978), relevant Policies
and the Wildlife Management Areas concept under the Fauna (and Flora)
protection and Control Act. Various sections under the Act were introduced.
Discussion centered on the issue of enforcement. Enforcement and/or rather lack
of enforcement of this Act under the Department of Environment and Conservation
have been an ongoing issue. It was also noted that regulations under this Act
pertaining to endangered, restricted take, and/or protection of endangered
species were not very specific in terms of local take or harvest of these
resources. All in all the discussions and comments brought forward under this
session went very well and opened up minds of the participants.
Under the session on “Effective Awareness Campaign”, participants
were introduced to Education and Awareness as an effective mechanism or tool
that is currently utilized to drive home information and also increase
communities and general public knowledge on the issues associated with
conservation management. Topics under
this session included: why education and awareness?, methodologies, getting the
message across, target audiences and effective awareness campaigns. Most participants at the workshop has had
previous and varying experiences in undertaking awareness campaigns on
environmental and conservation issues out to the general public and communities
and are well versed. This session strengthened and somewhat enhanced their
capacity to undertake more awareness campaigns.
Discussions under this session went well and were again very
informative.
An evaluation was undertaken following the session on Education and
Awareness followed by a final evaluation of the training workshop.
The training workshop ended at 6.30pm.
The workshop was formally closed by the community elder at a small
closing ceremony in which various speeches were made and commitment to conserve
and manage leatherback turtles was made.
5. Evaluation of the Training Workshop.
There were no formal questionnaires nor
systematic methodologies used in evaluating the training workshop. Daily evaluations were done at end of each
day and a final evaluation was done at the end of the last day of the training
workshop. Evaluation was done through verbal communication by means of
questions and answers (both ways) and comments and observations.
In terms of attendance, there was full
Level of participants from the host community and fair representation from
other 3 participating communities. There was adequate gender balance of
participants. All participants had some form of formal education and hence were
comfortable with the language, methods, and level of presentations. The
workshop was run in Tok Pisin and English.
In terms of the course content, the
organisers attempted to provide an over view of the marine environment, differentiating
from the terrestrial, describing the main habitats in the marine environment,
emphasing on the nature of “connectivity” in the marine environment and
species, and narrowing down to endangered marine species and in particular
touching on the marine turtle species. Under marine turtles, species
distribution and status were introduced, common species in PNG waters was
highlighted and tagging and monitoring protocols were presented. Community
Marine turtle monitoring and tagging and management action plans were firstly
presented and discussed then developed for each community. Through daily
evaluation and final evaluation, conclusions were drawn in that the course
content was adequate given that this was the first kind of training offered to
these communities, the presentation covered a very wide range of marine topics
in a very limited time, the course/information were presented in a very easily
understood and simplified way, and that the participants expectations of the
workshop was met. The participants felt that training workshops of this sort
should be done more often.
In terms of marine turtle information
especially on turtle tagging and monitoring, 2 days were spend on this and the
topic adequately covered. Whatever issues raised under this session were also
adequately addressed through answers and question time and specific comments.
All in all the entire training workshop was
timely, very informative, and addressed marine turtle issues and information
gaps that were identified from initial consultations by the MAKATA Team..
6. Follow-up
There were several activities that needed
to be done as identified through the course and closing of the workshop. These
are listed below:
v
Distribution of training workshop documents
o
Details
of presentations are contained in documents. This will need to be printed, binded
and distributed to course participants. MAKATA Inc. will be responsible for this.
v
Mobilizing of distribution of awareness materials
o
All workshop participants
mentioned the need to have awareness materials with them when they are talking
to the community and school children in their communities. The first point of contact will be the SPREP
marine turtle program. Request will be made to the SPREP marine officer(s) for
posters, brochures, Turtle DVD to be send to Job Opu and Wenceslaus Magun who
will in turn make sure that awareness materials mobilized will be send to
appropriate community members to be distributed during their awareness
campaigns.
o
Other marine turtle programs
throughout and especially in Australia, the Asia and the Hawaii turtle projects
will also be approached to supply the MUR community with awareness materials.
v
Further Training Workshops on Marine Turtles (and other marine
related issues)
o
The training workshop was the
first of its kind in Rai Coast coastal communities and has generated alot of
interest among different communities. Informal requests have been provided to
the workshop organisers to run similar kind of workshops in the near future to
continue raising awareness along the coastal communities.
o
Wenceslaus Magun and Job Opu on
behalf of the MAKATA will look into this and develop proposals etc to mobilize
funds to continue the training to other communities in Rai Coast Area of Madang
v
Formation of Leatherback Turtle
Conservation Network along the Madang Coast.
o
The number of communities along
the Madang Coasts being trained in turtle are increasing. So far over 5
communities have been trained. In order to further strengthen, allow for
information exchange and encourage these
communities to maintain the interest, momentum and progress towards conserving
and managing the leatherback turtles some form of networking among these
communities need to be established.
o
It is highly recommended that a non-legally binding Madang Leatherback Turtle
Network needs to be formed by the communities. MAKATA to look into this.
.
Annex 1. The Training Workshop Program.
1. LOGISTICS
1.1 Venue: MUR, Rai Coast, Madang Province
1.2 Logistics
Wenceslaus Magun
Coordinator – MAKATA Inc.
Ph:
Wenceslaus is the Program Coordinator
for The Madang Sea Turtle Restoration Project and will be responsible for all logistics and
coordination. He will put in fulltime
for this training program taking care of all logistics and support.
1.3 Participation
·
Selected Community Members of MUR
and neighboring villages.
·
Local NGO representatives
1.4 Key Personnel / Trainer
Job Opu
Marine Species Specialist
Port Moresby
Email: jobopu122@gmail.com
Job has been involved in
marine species program in PNG and the pacific region and is well versed in
community based turtles conservation and management.
Job’s input into this
program will be i) Developing the training program, ii) preparation of course
material, iii) running the course itself and iv) writing up the final report.
2. Training Workshop Goals
The training workshop seeks to enhance the capacity of Mur
communities’ members who are developing a turtle management program in Turtle
Conservation and Management. Its specifically seeks to train the community
members in turtle tagging, data recording and compiling of basic information to
monitor turtles that frequent their shores and near shore marine turtles
habitats.
The expected outcomes for the training workshop are:
Session 1: To introduce marine turtle ecology to the participants that will
include:
·
Marine environment
·
Marine turtle biology / life
cycle
·
Marine turtle nesting ecology
Session 2: To introduce Marine turtle Species found in
PNG waters
·
Marine Turtles species in PNG
waters
·
Marine turtle Distribution in
PNG waters
·
Status of Marine Turtles in PNG
·
Current Turtle programs in PNG
Session 3: To
introduce turtle tagging and data collection protocols
·
Marine turtle tagging
·
Various tags used
·
Data sheets
·
Satellite tracking
·
Databases
·
Practical application to turtle
tagging and data collecting
Session 4. Developing a
turtle Conservation Management Plan
·
Strategic planning and Workplan
·
Management planning
Session 5. Marine Turtle
Protection under PNG legislation
·
Fauna Protection and Control
Act (1978)
Session 6. Education and Awareness on Marine Turtle Conservation
Programs
·
Education and awareness
..........WHY???
·
Methods/ Avenues
3. Training Workshop Program
Time Program Key Person(s)
Day1.
8.30 – 9.00am Registration Wenceslaus Magun
9.00 – 9.30am Opening and Introductions Wenceslaus Magun/Mur Church Leader
·
Opening Prayer
·
Opening Remarks (Wenceslaus)
·
Address by ward Councillor
·
Opening of workshop
10.00am – 12.00 noon Session 1:
Introduction Job
·
Marine Turtle Ecology
o Marine environment
o Marine turtle biology / life cycle
o Marine turtle nesting ecology
12.00 – 1.00pm LUNCH
BREAK
1.00pm – 1.30pm Review
of Session 1. Job
1.30pm – 3.00pm Session 2:
Marine Turtles’ species in PNG Waters Job
·
Marine Turtle Species in PNG
waters
·
Marine turtle Distribution
(nesting..etc)
3.00 – 3.30pm TEA
BREAK
3.30 – 4.30pm Session
2. Continued
·
Status of Marine Turtles in PNG
·
Current Turtle Programs in PNG
4.30pm Wrap
up. / Evaluation Job/Wenceslaus
5.00pm End of Day 1.
Time Program Key Person(s)
Day 2.
8.30 – 9.00am Review
of day 1 Job
9.00 – 10.30am Session 3. Turtle Monitoring Protocols Job
·
Marine Turtle Tagging Protocols
·
Various Tags Used
10.30- 11.00am TEA BREAK
11.00 – 12.30pm Session
3 Continued
·
Turtle monitoring datasheets
·
Turtle databases
12.30 – 1.30pm LUNCH
BREAK
1.30 – 3.00pm Session
3 Continued
·
Practical Application to
tagging
·
Data collecting and
documentation
3.00pm TEABREAK
3.30 – 4.30pm Session
3 Continued
5.00pm WRAP
UP / Evaluation – end of day 2 Job/Wenceslaus
Time Program Key Person(s)
Day 3
8.30-9.00am Review
if day 2 Job
9.00 – 10.30am Session 4.
Turtle Conservation Mgt Plan Job
·
Strategic planning (vision,
mission...etc)
·
Work planning
10.30 – 11.00am TEA BREAK
11.00 – 12.30pm Session
4 Continued – Mgt Planning
·
Issues
·
Thematic mapping of issues
12.30 – 1.30pm LUNCH
BREAK
1.30 – 3.00pm Session 4 Continued –
·
Developing a Mgt Plan
3.00 – 3.30pm TEA BREAK
3.30 – 4.30pm Video Session on Turtle Cons & Mgt Job
4.30pm. Wrap
up and evaluation Wenceslaus/Job
5.00pm End
of Day
Time Program Key
Person(s)
Day 4
8.30 – 9.00am Recap
of day 3
9.30 – 10.30am Session 5: Wildlife Legislation Job
·
Fauna Protection and Control
Act (1978)
·
Relevant Policies
·
WMAs
10.30 – 11.00am TEA BREAK
11.00 – 12.30pm Session
5 Continued
12.30 – 1.30pm LUNCH
BREAK
1.30 – 3.00pm Session 6. Education and
Awareness
·
Education and Awareness – Why??
·
Getting the message across
·
Methods
3.00 – 3.30pm TEA
BREAK
3.30 – 4.30pm Session 6 Continued
4.30pm Evaluation
and Wrap up
Time Program Key
Person(s)
Day 5
8.30 – 10.00am Review
of Weeks Session
Next Steps
11.00-12.00noon Closing
Ceremony
·
Speeches
·
Awarding of certificates
·
Closing speech
12.00 Noon LUNCH
/Departure
Annex 2. List of Participants.
Total
of over 40 participants both from Dawang Primary School and Villagers
Annex 3. Draft MUR Marine
Conservation and Management Plan.
Mission
Vision
Thematic Area
|
Objective
|
Expected Output
|
Activities
|
Time Frame
|
Resources
|
Costs
|
1. Education
and awareness
|
To increase
knowledge on turtle and marine environment to better protect them
|
Community
knowledge is increased and turtle is sustainably managed.
|
a)
Invite
more conservation/scientist to carry out training workshop to build capacity
of community awareness tem
b)
Mobilise
resources to use for awareness
c)
Carryout
systematic awareness by awareness tem.
|
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2. Establishment
of Locally Managed Marine Area
|
To set up an MPA
to sustainable manage the marine resources and the leatherback turtle
|
MPA in Place to
protect the marine environment
|
a)
Planning
meeting to conserve marine life
b)
Establishment
of LMMA Committee
c)
Distribution
of work activities among committees
a.
awareness
committee
b.
education
committee
c.
turtle
monitoring committee
d)
formation
of rules and regulations and conservation laws for the LMMA
|
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3. Turtle
tagging and monitoring, research
|
To establish and
have in place a turtle monitoring program
|
turtles tagged ,
data collected and information entered into the database on an annual basis
|
a)
Set up
a team
b)
Undergo
turtle training
c)
Carry
out turtle tagging and monitoring
d)
Document
and store data and link data to SPREP.
|
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4. Networking
and linkages
|
a)
Training
linkages
a.
Madang
NGOs
b.
National
NGOs
c.
Provincial
executive council rep
d.
NGO
forum- Madang Provincial Government
e.
Madang
Kalibobo learning and training network
|
[1]
Sylvia Spring worked for the Wildlife Branch of the Lands Department during the
early post colonial days and carried out a program on marine turtle
conservation throughout PNG.
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