Ailan Awareness

Ailan Awareness is a local NGO dedicated to sustainable marine conservation in Papua New Guinea. Its director, John Aini, founded the organization in 1993 to empower coastal communities to manage their own marine resources. By working directly with grassroots populations, Ailan Awareness addresses a critical gap left by government regulation and international NGOs: it provides the people most directly affected by marine conservation with the tools and agency to design and implement their own initiatives. Paige West has been closely involved in supporting the work of Ailan Awareness.

Researcher

John Aini Paige West

Institution

Ailan awareness (since 1993)

City

Kavieng, New Ireland Province

Country

Papua New Guinea

Keywords

project

Publications

Aini, John, and Paige West. 2024. “Decolonizing Conservation in the Pacific.” UH Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beGqjQwrNEw.

Aini, John, Paige West, Yolarnie Amepou, Michael Ladi Piskaut, Cornelius Gasot, Rachel S. James, Jason Steadman Roberts, Patrick Nason, and Anna Elyse Brachey. 2023. “Reimagining Conservation Practice: Indigenous Self‑Determination and Collaboration in Papua New Guinea. Oryx 57 (3): 309–318. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060532200103X.

West, Paige, and John Aini. 2021. “‘I Will Be Traveling to Kavieng!’: Work, Labor, and Inequality in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.” In The Transformation of Inequality in the Western Pacific, edited by Nicholas A. Bainton, David McDougall, Kalissa Alexeyeff, and John Cox, 47–75. Canberra: ANU Press.

West, Paige, John Aini, Michael Ladi Piskaut, Mark Almais, Mary Sauri, Bernard Tubail, and Boniface Fode. 2024. “Indigenous Coastal Planning in Papua New Guinea: Self-Determination through Revitalization.” Fieldsights, Society for Cultural Anthropology, January 25. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/indigenous-coastal-planning-in-papua-new-guinea.

Website

https://ailanawareness.wordpress.com/about/