Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Biodiversity Conservation

Environmental Achievements

• Established a 10,000 ha conservation area surrounding a 50-ha long-term research plot in Wanang, preventing logging in the area.

Social Achievements

• Provided annual royalty payments to villagers, increased employment opportunities, built the first elementary school in the area, and provided transportation and medical assistance.

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Contrasting expectations and friction between conservationists and villagers regarding the meaning and extent of direct payments for conservation. Villagers expected long-term reciprocal relationships, while conservationists expected market-based exchanges.
• Inadequate benefits perceived by villagers despite improvements in material conditions. Villagers desired a complete transformation of their lifestyle.

Mitigation Strategies

• Annual royalty payments, in-kind payments (school, uniforms, medical assistance), and employment opportunities were provided. Conservationists attempted to address concerns through dialogue and reconciliation efforts (accepting gifts from villagers).

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 15 (Life on Land)

The project contributed to these goals through rainforest conservation and community development initiatives.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• USD 10,000 prize from Seacology to Filip Damen for leadership in conservation.

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Biodiversity
• Climate Change
• Sustainable Resource Management
• Community Engagement

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Community-led conservation initiatives in Kikori, Gulf Province, focusing on Carettochelys insculpta (pig-nosed turtle)
• Participatory ethnobotanical studies as part of Ok Tedi Mining Limited Rehabilitation Planning

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Vulnerability of plantations and natural forests to climate change
• Challenges in adopting environmental and biological management strategies in resource development
• Unsustainable harvesting of Carettochelys insculpta
• Threats to biodiversity from Myrtle Rust (Puccinia psidii)
• Termite attacks in Bulolo Wau forest plantation
• Heart rot formation in Araucaria cunninghamii tree crop

Mitigation Strategies

• Active and passive revegetation in mine rehabilitation (Misima Mines)
• Mitigation of termites using Termidor in Bulolo Wau forest plantation
• Community-led conservation efforts for Carettochelys insculpta
• Research and development initiatives on macrofungi at the University of Goroka
• Monitoring natural revegetation of disturbed sites at Oil Search Ltd operations

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Changes in rainfall, temperature, and sea level rise

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 13 (Climate Action)
• SDG 15 (Life on Land)
• SDG 1 (No Poverty)
• SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

Various research and conservation projects contribute to these goals through sustainable resource management, biodiversity protection, and community development.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed