1. Environment Sustainability : The Case for Papua New Guinea (PNG) Theresa Kamau Kas Program Director - Manus

2. Introduction VISION 2050 & PNG Government Commitments PNG Green Economy Sustainable development conceptual model Mainstreaming Environment as an integral part of the Development Planning Process Way Forward – Relevant and Appropriate Policies

3. PNG Government Commitments PNG Vision 2050 –Pillar 3 : Wealth Creation & Economic Growth –Pillar 5 : Climate Change & Environment Sustainability Millennium Development Goals –MDG 7 : Ensure Environment Sustainability

4. ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN PNG POLICY FRAMEWORK 1. Convention on Biodiversity - Protection of biodiversity - 10% of the terrestrial area by 2010 and 10% of the marine area by 2012 2. Millennium Declaration -Implement the principles of sustainable development through sector specific programs by 2010 and no later than 2015

5. Rio+20 Agenda : Green Economy & MDG Goal 7 Target 7A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resourcesTarget 7A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of lossTarget 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Target 7C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation (for more information see the entry on water supply)Target 7C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation (for more information see the entry on water supply)

6. SUSTAINABILITY IS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

7. Will PNG remain a Green Economy after 2050 “ improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities” ? YES, if; Theoretical Concepts of ‘Green’ that is currently fostered in Government Planning System is effectively Implemented and sustained over time!

8. Policy Focus Subsistence Agriculture & Community Based Planning Commercial Agriculture Small Agriculture Business Lease (SABL) Downstream Processing Fair Trade Markets

9. Theory vs Practice TO BE SEEN AS SUSTAINABLE = BEING SUSTAINABLE IN ACTION

10. Priorities Sustainability High Biodiversity Priority Low Biodiversity Priority Areas of high biodiversity, centre’s of endemism, climate refugia, habitats of endangered, rare, or unique species; Under-represented ecosystems, areas supporting ecological processes etc etc PROTECTION Already converted landscape, urban areas, mining areas, commercial agriculture, industrial areas etc. DEVELOPMENT Conceptual Model

11. Sustainability (Biodiversity Persistence) High Biodiversity Priority Low Biodiversity Priority PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT Increasing opportunities for protection or developments that are environmentally sensitive Increasing opportunities for developments that may result in landscape conversion or degradation Balance Priorities

12. Sustainability High Biodiversity Low Biodiversity Carbon Offsets, Eco-tourism Protected Areas Urban development, mining areas, commercial agriculture, industrial areas etc. Sustainability is about putting the appropriate activities in the appropriate place FSC – certified logging, Reduced Impact logging Conventional logging Oil Palm, Timber Plantations

13. Sustainability High Biodiversity Priority Low Biodiversity Priority Forestry + Oil Palm Identification and management of HCVF, Riparian Areas, Buffers Forestry + Oil Palm identification and management of HCVF, Riparian Areas, Buffers If you can’t put the appropriate activity in the appropriate place, then stringent management needs to be applied. Increasing management restrictions

14. Sustainability High Biodiversity Low Biodiversity EIA Required EIA Required (c) the protection of areas of significant biological diversity and the habitats of rare, unique or endangered species; and Environment Act 2000. 5. MATTERS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. Sustainability is also about the effective implementation of existing laws, policy’s and procedures

15. Bismarck Provincial Planners workshop in Madang

17. Challenges of Environment Sustainability Increase in Population Climate Change Impacts Land Tenure Systems (in PNG) Development Planning Priorities of Government Legislations and Policies

19. (Shearman et. al. 2008)

21. 2.7-3.6% Population Increase/yr

23. ECOREGION Ecoregional Assessment WHERE PROJECT AREA Conservation Action Planning (CAP) - HOW SITE BASED WORK Community based Conservation planning Consultation Implementation ACTION PLANNING AT DIFFERENT SCALES

24. Sustainability (Biodiversity Persistence) High Biodiversity Priority Low Biodiversity Priority PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT Increasing opportunities for protection or developments that are environmentally sensitive Increasing opportunities for developments that may result in landscape conversion or degradation Balance Priorities Threats Biodiversity Priorities (Where) Strategies (How)

25. Way Forward PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION REPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICES

26. Influencing Relevant & Appropriate Legislations and Policies

27. PNG Relevant Green Policies Focus on Subsistence Agriculture and Community Based Management Planning Commercial Agriculture through effective Public Private Partnerships Community Based Integrated / Sustainable Development Planning Policies & Programs Conventional Legalising of PNG Traditional and Customary Tenure Systems and Heritage (eg – registration of ILGs) National Policy on Carbon (REDD+)

28. Thank you very much