Karimui Conservation and Resources Management Programme Inc. – KCRMPIKarimui LLG Area, Karimui-Nomane District, Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea
The Mt Karimui range with cloud forming around the peaks
Investment projection

An interactive projection of the 2026–2030 Strategic Plan: drag the slider or press play, and watch funding turn into protection on the real terrain of Mt Karimui.

Value for money

The whole five-year plan costs about $7.58 per hectare of Highland rainforest.

$7.58

per hectare for the whole 2026–2030 plan

$1.52

per hectare per year

302,000 ha

of community-consented forest by 2030, for $2.29M in total

This is the cost of the entire Strategic Plan — gazettal, rangers, the organisation, livelihoods and community development — divided by the 302,000-hectare target. It is not the cost of protection alone.

Start here · Phase 1, 2026–2027
USD 100,000

funds the pilot year.

Before KCRMPI can carry a conservation area, it needs the people and systems to run one. The pilot year puts core staff in place and tests the organisation's new policies and systems on the ground in Karimui.

01

Three core staff

A Program Manager, a Finance & Administration Manager and a Facility Coordinator — the staff the Community Development Agency recommended.

02

The Project Director

Basic subsistence so the Director can focus on strategy, partnerships and fundraising.

03

Systems put to work

The new OCA tools, policies, standard operating procedures and HR manual tested in daily operations.

04

Accountability

Board training, an audit of accounts and the reporting donors need.

The full plan, 2026–2030

The Strategic Plan budgets PGK 10,185,000 — about $2.29M — across eleven funding packages, delivered in the order of the Plan's roadmap. Each dollar funds the next step.
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2026Phase 1· Next to fund
Gazettal pathway & declaration
20264% of the plan funded2030
  • Area under consent / protected
  • Ward signed
  • Ward not yet signed
  • Ranger patrols
  • Livelihood enterprises
  • Community Resource Centres
  • Wards with improved services
Invested
$100K
of $2.29M plan
Under consent
168,000 ha
target 302,000 ha
Wards signed
14 / 27
Ward 27 excluded
Gazettal
Fast-tracked by CEPA
Not yet declared
Fund a package

Pick one thing to make happen.

Each package is a costed part of the Strategic Plan with a concrete result. Fund one on its own, or several together — and see exactly what it changes on the mountain.

2026 · Phase 1Start here
$100K

Pilot year

Local Organisation Capacity Building

Program Manager, Finance & Administration Manager and Facility Coordinator in post; new OCA policies and systems tested on the ground.

Budget lines (1)
  • 4.4.5 Administration and staffing — pilot year (part)PGK 445,000
Fund this
2026 · Phase 1
$222K

Gazettal pathway & declaration

Conservation & Biodiversity

Submissions from the LLG Council to the Governor-General, ending in declaration of the Conservation Area over the 168,000 hectares under consent.

Budget lines (11)
  • 1.1.10 Submission to Karimui LLG CouncilPGK 40,000
  • 1.1.11 Submission to Karimui-Salt Nomane DDA / KSPDAPGK 40,000
  • 1.1.12 Submission to KSN JDBPPCPGK 50,000
  • 1.1.13 Submission to Simbu Provincial Management TeamPGK 60,000
  • 1.1.14 Simbu Provincial Executive CouncilPGK 70,000
  • 1.1.15 Submission to CEPAPGK 80,000
  • 1.1.16 National Conservation CouncilPGK 100,000
  • 1.1.17 National Executive CouncilPGK 120,000
  • 1.1.18 90-day public notice in local mediaPGK 50,000
  • 1.1.19 Submission to the Governor-GeneralPGK 80,000
  • 1.1.20 Declaration of the Conservation AreaPGK 300,000
Fund this
2026–27 · Phase 1
$225K

Environmental Impact Assessment

Conservation & Biodiversity

EIA, environmental and social studies across the proposed area.

Budget lines (1)
  • 1.1.22 Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA / ES / EV)PGK 1,000,000
Fund this
2027 · Phase 1
$315K

Land, clans & boundary mapping

Conservation & Biodiversity

Customary land investigated, clan histories recorded, Incorporated Land Groups formed and internal and external boundaries mapped.

Budget lines (9)
  • 1.1.1 IUCN Red List species documentationPGK 200,000
  • 1.1.2 Genealogy and history of clans and tribesPGK 300,000
  • 1.1.3 Customary land investigation reportsPGK 90,000
  • 1.1.4 Land valuation and site inspectionPGK 130,000
  • 1.1.5 Customary land boundary mappingPGK 250,000
  • 1.1.6 Land-use planning of the protected areaPGK 100,000
  • 1.1.7 Incorporated Land GroupsPGK 150,000
  • 1.1.8 External land boundary mappingPGK 100,000
  • 1.1.9 Internal land boundary mappingPGK 80,000
Fund this
2027 · Phase 1
$116K

Consent in the remaining wards

Conservation & Biodiversity

Community entry and awareness in the unsigned wards, extending FPIC toward the 302,000-hectare target (Ward 27 excluded).

Budget lines (6)
  • 2.2.1 Workshops with community leadersPGK 75,000
  • 2.2.2 Presentations by PWM, IBR, WCS, FRIPGK 80,000
  • 2.2.3 Provincial Management Team presentationPGK 60,000
  • 2.2.4 Presentations to local clan leadersPGK 80,000
  • 2.2.5 Community awareness in new wardsPGK 100,000
  • 2.2.6 Community Entry ProcessPGK 120,000
Fund this
2027–30 · Phase 2
$237K

Core operations, Years 2–5

Local Organisation Capacity Building

Staffing, Board, audit and running costs that keep the organisation working through the Plan.

Budget lines (1)
  • 4.4.5 Administration and staffing — Years 2–5 (balance)PGK 1,055,002
Fund this
2028 · Phase 2
$157K

Management plan & rangers

Conservation & Biodiversity

CEPA-endorsed management plan, Conservation Area rules, a ranger station, and rangers recruited and trained.

Budget lines (5)
  • 1.1.21 Conservation Area Management PlanPGK 150,000
  • 4.4.1 Ranger stationPGK 150,000
  • 4.4.2 Conservation Area rulesPGK 150,000
  • 4.4.3 Recruitment of rangersPGK 100,000
  • 4.4.4 Ranger workshops and trainingPGK 150,000
Fund this
2028 · Phase 2
$112K

Biomass & ecosystem survey

Conservation & Biodiversity

Carbon biomass and ecosystem surveys — the basis for the REDD+ feasibility study.

Budget lines (1)
  • 1.1.23 Biomass assessments and ecosystem surveyPGK 500,000
Fund this
2028–29 · Phase 2
$202K

Livelihood enterprises

Sustainable Livelihoods

Coffee, honey, fish, poultry, piggery and nurseries through the Farmers' Cooperative — toward 5,000+ households with improved livelihoods.

Budget lines (6)
  • 3.3.1 Fish farmingPGK 150,000
  • 3.3.2 PoultryPGK 100,000
  • 3.3.3 PiggeryPGK 100,000
  • 3.3.4 Coffee marketing and buyingPGK 250,000
  • 3.3.5 Honey bee farmingPGK 150,000
  • 3.3.6 Nursery establishmentPGK 150,000
Fund this
2029 · Phase 2
$213K

Research station & vehicles

Local Organisation Capacity Building

A research station on the mountain and two project vehicles for field operations.

Budget lines (2)
  • 4.4.6 Project vehicles (x2)PGK 350,000
  • 4.4.7 Research stationPGK 600,000
Fund this
2029–30 · Phase 2
$389K

Community development

Community Development

Water, solar, footbridges, housing kits, education support and three Community Resource Centres — toward improved services in all wards.

Budget lines (7)
  • 5.5.0 Water supply and sanitationPGK 350,000
  • 5.5.1 Solar power kits for rural communitiesPGK 150,000
  • 5.5.2 Rural housing kits for landownersPGK 250,000
  • 5.5.3 Community Resource Centres (x3)PGK 250,000
  • 5.5.4 Support to community education servicesPGK 150,000
  • 5.5.5 Footbridges and road maintenancePGK 350,000
  • 5.5.6 Information and communication set-upPGK 230,000
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How to read the projection

Real

  • Terrain: SRTM elevation data for a 70 km square around Mt Karimui (vertical scale exaggerated 2.2×).
  • Mt Karimui and the Karimui Field Base are in their true positions. Sightings of rare species are deliberately not mapped.
  • Amounts: every line from KCRMPI's Strategic Plan budget, in kina.
  • Order and years: the Strategic Plan's 2026–2030 roadmap.
  • Hectares and wards: 168,000 ha and 14 of 27 wards today; 302,000 ha by 2030.

Illustrative

  • The protected area is drawn as an area of the right size centred on the mountain — not the surveyed boundary.
  • Ward, ranger station, research station, enterprise and resource-centre locations are indicative.
  • Within each year, packages are funded in sequence; real spending will overlap.

Assumptions

  • Kina amounts are converted at the market rate of USD 1 = PGK 4.45 (October 2026). The budget spreadsheet used an older rate, so its US-dollar totals were higher.
  • The USD 100,000 pilot year is drawn from the plan's administration and staffing line.
  • Detailed annual budgets are still being developed and will be approved by the Board each year.

Elevation data: Terrain Tiles on AWS Open Data (SRTM / Mapzen), used under their open terms.

Whether it is the pilot year or a single package — a ranger station, a Community Resource Centre, the gazettal pathway — every contribution maps to a line in the Plan.