1. Engaging Partners – Melanesia

2. Purpose Breaking down institutional barriers
Avoiding duplication of effort
Sharing of species data
Sharing GIS layers
Building capacity of partners
Building CI capacity
Implementation and buy-in
Achieving stronger conservation results

3. The CI-CSIRO Partnership
Major Partner in the KBA Delineation Process for Melanesia
CSIRO building CI’s capacity
CSIRO providing technical support for CBC technical team and CI program staff
Links to CSIRO partners – Australian Museum, NSW Dept of Conservation (tool developers), McGill University Montreal
Links to graduate students (e.g. UC Davis, U-Texas Austin, U-Queensland Brisbane)

4. Brisbane Partnership Meetings
WWF, TNC, CI, CSIRO – sharing visions, data and layers for New Guinea Wilderness
Land Systems – a base layer for the NGW developing a common legend -
PNGRIS & REPPPROT data

5. TNC Adelberts KBA Def. Spilocuscus rufoniger Sericulus bakeri
Casuarius unappeniculatus
Adelbert
Adelbert Mts KBA

6. Milne Bay Workshop Engaging Provincial Government in the KBA process
Engaging government officers in socio-economic visioning and Trade-Off analysis for Milne Bay corridor planning