A People-First Approach to Conservation In Papua New Guinea | Blog | Nature
SHARE This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you nine stories in the fields of nature and conservation. Elizah on watch for dolphins during an inshore dolphin survey in the Kikori Delta of Papua New Guinea, December 2013. Photo credit: ©Isabel Beasley When Dr. Augustine Mungkaje of the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) recommended me for an internship at the end of my undergraduate in 2013, little did I know what conservation is and how science can be applied to protect the natur...