Our Implementing Partners
Activities under USAID LGP are led by Cardno and implemented by a consortium of partners at the national, regional, and local level.
CARE International
is a global confederation of 14 members working together to fight poverty in 104 countries.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global conservation organization dedicated tocon serving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we createin novative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at an unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. Working in 79 countries and territories, we use a collaborative approach that engages local communities, governments, the private sector, and other partners. To learn more, visit www.nature.org or follow @nature_press on Twitter.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), stablished in the United States in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, is a private, nonprofit conservation organization that saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. With long term commitments in dozens of landscapes and seascapes, presence in nearly 60 countries, and experience helping to establish and manage 288 protected areas across the globe, WCS applies its biological knowledge, cultural understanding, and partnerships to ensure that wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. Working with local communities and partner governments, that knowledge is applied to address threats to species, habitats and ecosystem services, and issues critical to improving the quality of life of local people whose livelihoods often depend on natural resources.
The Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program works with local communities in rural Papua New Guinea to protect the endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo and the habitat in which it lives.
CARE International
is a global confederation of 14 members working together to fight poverty in 104 countries.
www.realsocialimpact.com is a “profit-for-purpose” enterprise developing a viable creative industry across the Pacific by innovating global value chain processes to include high-impact, small batch production and ITC integration for capacity-building. REAL leverages these innovations through an e-commerce B2B marketplace connecting global retailers and brands through procurement contracts with the informal economy across the Pacific. To date, REAL Impact has scoped and piloted in four countries: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, PNG, and Fiji.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), stablished in the United States in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, is a private, nonprofit conservation organization that saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. With long term commitments in dozens of landscapes and seascapes, presence in nearly 60 countries, and experience helping to establish and manage 288 protected areas across the globe, WCS applies its biological knowledge, cultural understanding, and partnerships to ensure that wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. Working with local communities and partner governments, that knowledge is applied to address threats to species, habitats and ecosystem services, and issues critical to improving the quality of life of local people whose livelihoods often depend on natural resources.
The Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program works with local communities in rural Papua New Guinea to protect the endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo and the habitat in which it lives.

