We would like to thank all participating individuals, organizations and observers who made the 1^st Eastern Highlands Provincial Conservation Forum a success. Although being the first of its kind, the turn up was exceptional. We would like to thank the following organizations and institutions who attended the 2-day program:

1. Eastern Highlands Natural Resources Division
2. Daulo District Natural Resources Division 
3. Henganofi District Natural Resources Division
4. Unggai Bena District Natural Resources Division
5. PNG Forest Authority EHP Office
6. JK McCarthy Museum
7. Wildlife Conservation Society
8. Bismarck Ramu Group
9. University of Goroka – Indigenous Environment and Development Studies Division
10. Conservation Forum
11. Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area Communities
12. Hogave Conservation Project
13. Wam U5 CBO
14. Lapegu Information Centre Promoting Agro-Forestry Project
15. Izaumasi Conservation and Rehabilitation Project
16. Natauka Nature Reserve
17. Yasina Nature Park
18. Lufa Oliguti Farmer’s Cooperative Society
19. PNG Women in Coffee
20. Kafiavana Cultural Cave Shelter
21. Lufa Community Development Agency
22. Park Ridge Botanical Gardens

We make special acknowledgements of Mr. Warren Jano who provided technical input to the organizing committee. Special thanks also to all individual participants and observers who made time available to be part of the discussions. We look forward to your continued passion and support for conservation and preservation in the province. The Forum is envisioned to be an annual event. We hope to stage an improved Forum next year with more critical discussions on the issues of conservation, forestry and climate change in Eastern Highlands Province.

We were honored to have officers from PNGFA (Head Office and Eastern Highlands Province) and DLPP accompany our Natural Resource Management Program Team to Haia Village in the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Also part of the team was an officer from the Pawaia Sustainable Development Association (PSDA), the local CBO representing the Pawaian people. The state agency officers were there to monitor the progress of the project, take awareness videos and to conduct awareness on the National Sustainable Land Use Policy (NSLUP). The team arrived in Haia on the 4^th of December and returned to Goroka on the 8^th.    

Haia and the surrounding villages make up Ward 27 of Karimui Rural LLG under the Salt Nomane Karimui District of Chimbu Province. Haia is landlocked and remains one of the least developed areas in the country. The Pawaian people who are customary landowners in these parts expressed sincere appreciation and gratitude towards the DLPP and PNGFA officers for their visit to Haia. The community, through PSDA, expressed that they have never had the presence of national government agency officers in their village, and this visit will stimulate positive change in the community.

It was encouraging seeing women and youth participating in the NSLUP Awareness Session and providing their views on how land use planning in the community must respect and consider their inputs.

All awareness videos taken during this trip will be made available to the community and our followers once compilation is complete.