On the Indonesian part of Papua New Guinea, turtles backed by locals and environmental organisations have the upper hand over the trans-Papua highway. The latter’s planed course will be altered for about 70km in order to let the endangered species, with up to 700kg weight the biggest turtle in the world, live in their habitat.
ON-green-policy! It’s not a common event that the interest of nature outweighs development planning and it is all the more welcomed on this site. Pressure, particularly if applied by international organisations can significantly alter politicians’ cost and benefits calculations and thus trigger policy change. This …