Jackson Waneagea and Esau Kekeubata are chiefs of East Kwaio and leaders of an International Union for the Conservation of Nature-funded Biodiversity Project. They are currently en rote to an international conference in the USA on Archiving where they will be hosted by Dr David Akin from the University of Michigan.

While in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, the chiefs took the opportunity to meet with Partners with Melanesians (PWM), a national environment and community development non-government organisation promoting environmental awareness to rural communities where they discussed possible partnerships and future projects.

A short post about their visit can be viewed at the PWM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pwmpng/posts/763730163696926