April Salome Forest Management Area also known as April Salumei Rainforest April Salumei Rainforest Conservation project
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forest management Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with overall administrative, legal, economic, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as silviculture, protection, and forest regulation. This includes management fo ...

area in April — Salumei

tropical forest Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds. Some tropical fo ...

covering about 521,500 hectares in Ambunti-Dreikikir District of

East Sepik Province East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size. History Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier ...

, of

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. The forest is located in the basins of two rivers: AprilApril River: Papua New Guinea
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA and Salumei.Salumei River: Papua New Guinea
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA The town of

Ambunti Ambunti is a town in Ambunti-Dreikikier District of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Ind ...

serves as a gateway to the April Salome Forest Management Area.

Population

It is estimated that about 20,000 people are living in this area in 164 forest-dependent communities. Populated places include Nakek and Uwu.

Geography

April Salome Forest Management Area is located in the

Sepik The Sepik () is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and the second largest in Oceania by discharge volume after the Fly River. The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provinces of Sandaun (formerly West Se ...

river basin. Sepik tributary, the April river is the major river in the area.

United Nations REDD Programme controversy

Presently April Salome Forest area is a pilot project for REDD initiative by

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in th ...

under United Nations REDD Programme. It is also mishandling and corruption showcase.Colin Filer
How April Salumei Became the REDD Queen.
' In ''Tropical Forests Of Oceania: Anthropological Perspectives'', edited by FILER COLIN, BELL JOSHUA A., and WEST PAIGE, 179-210. Australia: ANU Press, 2015. Some Questions for Stephen Hooper About The “Carbon Benefit Units” Sold from His April Salumei REDD Project in Papua New Guinea
EcoDaily October 5, 2017

References

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Population

Geography

United Nations REDD Programme controversy

See also

References