EARTH SUMMIT+5 Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 New York, 23-27 June 1997 SUCCESS STORIES FROM ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

	The Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Management Programme
	Location	Papua New Guinea
	Responsible organization(s)	Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) National Resource Institute, University of PNG, Foundation of Peoples of the S. Pacific, National Resource Authority, Forest Research Institute, and the Research and Conservation Foundation.
	Description	The Conservation and Resource Management Programme (Biodiversity Programme was established in 1993. The Biodiversity Programme is part of a suite of interventions developed under PNG National Forestry and Conservation Action Programme (NFCAP), an outgrowth of the World Bank's Tropical Forest Action Plan (TFAP). The purpose of the NFCAP was to effect institutional, financial and regulatory reforms to bring forest industry under control and promote forest conservation objectives.
	Issues addressed	Biodiversity conservation and environmental management.
	Objectives	To build linkages between the welfare objectives of local communities and biodiversity conservation goals by providing communities with development support To establish two pilot areas for Integrated Conservation and Development (ICADs) to develop innovative methodologies for conservation of biodiversity. To provide institutional strengthening to DEC for conservation of biodiversity. To establish an institutional, legal, financial, and policy framework for the expansion and future maintenance of the country
	Results achieved	Two ICAD sites were selected and activities began for their establishment. The activities at the first site, Lak, were recently terminated, however, because of the difficulties encountered when trying to secure a conservation compact in an area with ongoing and substantial conflicts over land use. The activities at the Ramu ICAD site began in October 1996. To avoid similar problems, the inception stage of this activity is focusing on engaging the community and determining the social feasibility for the conservation sites. The objectives have been achieved and the Conservation Resource Centre is nationally recognized as a think tank for conservation in PNG.
	Lessons learned	The Lak ICAD activities were ultimately deemed very useful because important lessons for future ICAD sites were learned Project personnel have been essential in assisting DEC with technical projects, including completion of the Country Study on Biological Diversity (assessing the costs, benefits and unmet needs for conservation) and the Biodiversity Data Management Project. This support has been widely acclaimed.
	Financing	Funded by a US $5 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant and US $60,000 in co-financing from UNEP UNDP is the implementing agency.
	Contact	Mr. Nikhil Sekhran, Department of Environment and Conservation, UNDP 304 E 45 Street, Room FF-10, New York 10017 NY Tel.: (212) 906 6033