Papua New Guinea

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PNG Community Resilience Profile Summary

6 December 2024

Community Resilience Profiles are the result of partner communities thinking about and mapping their ecosystems and resilience. The profiles contain general information on Papua New Guinea’s ecosystems and livelihoods, and forecasts on food security and…

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Taking action using Indigenous approaches

8 November 2024

In communities across New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, there are two types of Indigenous knowledge. One of these is a spiritual, sacred knowledge that has been held by these communities for countless years. The…

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We cannot let this knowledge slip away: Naliut community shares their Kastom

11 October 2024

The community of Naliut in Papua New Guinea is embracing traditional knowledge and community spirit. Recently they hosted a workshop as part of the Climate Resilient Islands Indigenous Knowledge Leadership Programme (IKLP). This proved to…

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Indigenous knowledge is alive and well in New Ireland

10 October 2024

Preserving and sharing Indigenous Knowledge helps foster environmental stewardship and community resilience. In New Ireland Province, in Papua New Guinea, the Climate Resilient Islands (CRI) team is implementing the Indigenous Knowledge Leadership Programme (IKLP). This…

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A village among the streams

6 September 2024

The village of Himau is located on the coast of New Ireland Province among an intricate system of freshwater streams that flow from an underground spring in highlands close to the community. This system of…

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Community Resilience Images in Papua New Guinea

23 August 2024

Each community participating in the Climate Resilient Islands programme was asked to discuss and agree on an image that symbolises the community’s resilience. This symbol is closely linked within the Community Resilience Profiles to resilience…

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Community Priority Values and Assets PNG

22 August 2024

Climate Resilient Islands communities were asked to describe their most important values and assets, and their vulnerabilities and risks, to contribute to their Community Resilience Profiles. These ranged from material to natural, as well as…

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CRI Approach Fact Sheet

24 June 2024

When designing the Climate Resilient Islands (CRI) Programme Live & Learn wanted to develop a process communities could use to plan resilience actions that sat within the flow of complexity (without falling into the trap…

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Climate Resilient Islands Toolkit

21 May 2024

The Climate Resilient Islands programme is working with 65 rural communities in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to strengthen community resilience to climate change through nature-based approaches. To achieve this,…

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