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Additional to the use of the forest by the landowners there will be rights to its use with other people. These user rights will have to be identified to achieve a full picture of the use of the forest in meeting basic needs. 2) Consultation methods: IMPORTANT: Land and use of its resources is a very sensitive issue in PNG. When collecting the information needed, the facilitators should make their objectives very clear and avoid asking for (sensitive, controversial) details. Important considerations: • Approaches may have to be adapted to the specific situation (community groups, different ethnic groups) • In the identification of cultural sites existing rituals, customs, taboos, etc should be respected • Past, present and future status of basic needs provision from the forest needs to be assessed by the people • All clans within a forest management unit will have to be involved and all neighbouring clans have to be informed to avoid possible future disputes. • For practical reasons the consultation may be undertaken in stages (village by village). Preferably it should be undertaken before start of the harvesting operation NB: • All methodologies used should be participatory processes • Facilitator role to be limited to guiding process only and should not be dominant or too leading • Facilitator to clearly explain that the HCV process is not aimed at getting outsiders to provide a solution or assistance, but to assist community to come up with their own solutions and management • Facilitator to clarify that secret information or knowledge that is not to be shared with outsiders, could be generally indicated to ensure it is included as HCV • Recheck information obtained from one group with other group(s) • Approach may have to be adapted to the specific situation Landownership can be identified using the Incorporated Land Group process. It is important to ensure proper process & approach is/has been used, so the group involved is aware of its purpose, all clan members are/were involved, and the correct information is/was collected. There is no existing methodology to obtain written evidence of user rights, although clear verbal agreements exist, passed down from generation to generation. It is also important to identify background of user rights, as this may influence management measures. Only general information on user rights and the extent to which they meet basic needs should be collected, to avoid getting bogged down into unnecessary and possible sensitive or controversial details. In order to consult under-represented individuals or groups, specific interviews, e.g. women, elders, youth and household, interviews/surveys can be used. Information on basic needs has to be collected. This could be done as part of a land use planning process. As slightly different methods & approaches are used by various organizations, it has to be verified if the land use planning process has been completed sufficiently and will provide the needed information. If not, an additional consultation process is needed. 31
• Utilise knowledge of existing Community Based Organisations, e.g. church groups • Use traditional knowledge on indicator species to identify HCV. 3) What information is needed: NB: There is very little written information available. Even though some studies are available, they may be either too general or applicable to a certain area/group only. Normally this would include: • What the community uses the forest for Main basic needs list: Water, building materials, food, medicine, firewood, craft materials, cash NTFP’s • Patterns of resource use (how much, when, how many people) and alternative sources • Whether the use of one resource conflicts with the maintenance of another HCV • Whether resource use is sustainable (NB: Past, present and future status of basic needs provision from the forest needs to be assessed by the people to help determine this) 4) How to analyze the information obtained: Determine relevance of individual basic needs obtained from the forest (table). Potential indicators that a forest is fundamental to local communities may be when: • A high proportion of the community’s need comes from the FMU; • There are no readily available, affordable and acceptable alternatives; • A community would suffer diminished health or well-being through reduced supply of a resource; • A particular resource provides only a small proportion of a community’s basic needs or is only used occasionally but is nevertheless critical (e.g. when a forest provides a modest proportion of overall food consumed but most of the protein, or when a forest provides famine food or provides a large proportion of food at particular times of year). Table: Basic needs Basic need Forest Other Water Building material Food Medicine Fire wood Craft materials Cash NTFP 32
Page 1 and 2: High Conservation Value Forest Tool
Page 3 and 4: Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...........
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary The Papua New Gui
Page 7 and 8: HCV5. Forest areas fundamental to m
Page 9 and 10: STEP PERIOD/DATE TASK/PROCESS PEOPL
Page 11 and 12: Who are regional and national exper
Page 13 and 14: HCV1. Forest areas containing globa
Page 15 and 16: Within Wildlife Management Areas ti
Page 17 and 18: Compile ecological studies, if any,
Page 19 and 20: endemic species, as they are compil
Page 21 and 22: Rationale It is likely that many cr
Page 23 and 24: 3. HCV2. Forest areas containing gl
Page 25 and 26: Identify small blocks of forest tha
Page 27 and 28: Identification of HCV 3 Tasks Deter
Page 29 and 30: • the destruction of fisheries wh
Page 31 and 32: Definition A forest should be consi
Page 33 and 34: Management and monitoring for HCV 4
Page 35: Employment, income and products are
Page 39 and 40: 8. Confirm results with community E
Page 41 and 42: specifically marked by landowner to
Page 43 and 44: Glossary (all definitions are taken
Page 45 and 46: Local endemics CA Management Plan P
Page 47 and 48: Bibliography 1. Anders, S.B., Banka
Page 49 and 50: 39. Htsgiks, D.P., and Borrell, O.W
Page 51 and 52: Appendix 1 - Critically endangered,
Page 53 and 54: # [Scientific Name] Common Name(s)
Page 55 and 56: Appendix 3- List of endemic bird an
Page 57 and 58: Ecoregion Class Genus Species Commo
Page 67 and 68: and freshwater swamp forests Ecoreg
Page 69 and 70: Appendix 4- A list of recognized sp
Page 71 and 72: Appendix 6 - List of Expert Consult
Page 73 and 74: Name Expertise/Position Novotny Voj
Page 75 and 76: Appendix 7 - List of Stakeholders f
Page 77 and 78: Name Position Organisation Address
Page 79 and 80: Appendix 8 - The Vegetation Types o
Page 81 and 82: Table 2 Alpha code Classification o
Page 83 and 84: Seral Forest Fri FriCg FriK FriTb F
Page 85 and 86: Appendix 9 - Threatened Trees of Pa
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is considered threatened but more u
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Appendix 10 - Highly Threatened Spe
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Appendix 11 - Map of Protected Area
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