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THE FUTURE OF RAINFOREST PEOPLES — Papua New Guinea Working Group — (FRP—PNG)

The principal institutional partners in FRP-PNG research are:

• The University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC), where the European researchers of the FRP-PNG Working Group are based;

• The National Research Institute (NRI) of Papua New Guinea, a statutory body that conducts research into subjects of national priority, the results of which flow into national policies.

Links between the two institutions comprise:

• co-ordination of research projects;
• sharing of methodologies;
• collaboration between researchers;
• institutional affiliation.



• FRP-PNG research is part of the focus at the National Research Institute on "The Conservation of Renewable Resources". This national research programme receives funding from the APFT / FRP and other external donors.

• Research locations were selected on the basis of recommendations made by staff at the Cultural Studies Division of NRI, according to gaps in existing knowledge.

• The two locations in which research has consequently been carried out put the model of Sites of Intensive Interdisciplinary Research into practice.

• Methodologies employed incorporate both APFT and NRI research protocols and those developed and shared by members of FRP-PNG Working Group. Research results will therefore contribute to comparative studies locally, nationally and internationally.

• European FRP-PNG researchers obtain their research permits through the National Research Institute, as required by the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. They are affiliated to the Cultural Studies Division of the NRI, and it is usual for them to give seminars there about their research before leaving the country.

Apart from UKC and the NRI, other participants in FRP-PNG research with APFT funding are: