Sustainability and Conservation in the Kikori - Yolarnie Amepou Piku Biodiversity Network Inc.

yamepou2014@gmail.com / yamepou@pikubionet.org.pg mailto:yamepou2014@gmail.com Outline • Introducing the Kikori • Introducing the fishmaw fishery • Concerns for sustainable harvest and threatened species • Local intervention • Current Activities & Recommendations Kikori District – Gulf Province Biodiversity and Cultural Values Resources & Riches Development Indicators – The Reality The River Life. [...] The Risk of Biodiversity Loss with the bycatch of threatened species Understanding the fishmaw fishery in Kikori DRIVER: Climate Impacts Community Intervention – local steps towards management • Local clans and landowners responsible for managing their clan fishing areas and land have come up with their own strategies towards management. [...] Sustainable fisheries • PBN is concerned about the bycatch of threatened species in the Gulf of Papua • We recognize the need for fishmaw fishery management • We recognize the fishmaw fishery importance to community livelihoods in the Kikori River Delta • We all want sustainable fisheries Acknowledgements • We acknowledge the support of our Kikori communities, fishermen, fishmaw buyers and general. [...] • Our work with bycatch has been supported by the Kikori West and East Kikori LLG, Gulf Provincial Fisheries Division and the Conservation Environment Protection Authority, Climate Change Development Authority and the National Fisheries Authority, we are thankful for these Government Agencies. [...] • SPC – THE pacific community implemented component of the pacres project, supported by partners and the European union for their assistance with a food security project for our Kikori climate impact communities with an understanding of climate drivers for the fishmaw fishery.