Madang Sustainable Development: A Ridges-to-Reefs Gap and Priority Analysis Supported by: Madang Sustainable Development: A Ridges-to-Reefs Gap and Priority Analysis Published by: The Nature Conservancy’s PNG Country Program and the Madang Provincial Government. Contact Details: Francis Hurahura: Country Director The Nature Conservancy PO Box 2750 Monian Haus, 2nd Floor, Suite 6 and 7 Tabari Place, Boroko National Capital District, Papua New Guinea Email:
[email protected] Galun Kassas Acting Provincial Administrator Madang Provincial Administration PO Box 511 Madang, Papua New Guinea © 2013, The Nature Conservancy All Rights Reserved. Reproduction for any purpose is prohibited without prior permission Available from: The Nature Conservancy PNG Country Program Office Monian Haus, 2nd Floor, Suite 6 and 7 Tabari Place, Boroko National Capital District, Papua New Guinea USAID’s Lowering Emissions in Asia’s Forests Winrock International Liberty Square, Suite 2002 287 Silom Road Bang Rak Bangkok 10500, Thailand Online: http://leafasia.org/library/madang-sustainable-development-ridges-reefs-gap-and-priority-analysis ii Foreword Madang Province is the most popular location in Papua New Guinea for divers and many other visitors including local tourists. It is culturally, geographically and biologically diverse. It consists of reef-fringed lowlands, backed by some of the most rugged mountains in Papua New Guinea covered in tropical rain forests and offshore volcanic islands. The colourful Madang Township has been called the "prettiest town in the South Pacific". Its peninsula setting is a show-place of parks, waterways, luxuriant shade trees and sparkling tropical islands. Most of the Provinces population of 487,460 is rural based where their livelihood and daily sustenance is dependent on the environmental resources and continue to live in isolated communities.