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Education delivered through schools and at home plays an important role in preparing the next generation to care for and manage our natural resources sustainably. While PNG’s Vocational Secondary Schools include a Fisheries Syllabus, the existing course did not include a module for marine conservation and management issues. In June 2003, the National Department of Education hosted a participatory workshop to revise the National Fisheries Syllabus. During the workshop, participants developed a framework for the Conservation and Resource Management module that integrates concepts of basic marine ecology and sustainable fishing and harvesting practices into the fisheries syllabus. This module will be piloted in Milne Bay Province, as part of the Milne Bay Community Based Coastal and Marine Conservation Project. This teacher’s guide will aid educators in incorporating this module into their fisheries and resource management courses. The guide includes a curriculum framework for the module, background information on marine conservation in PNG, advice on developing interactive lesson plans, and sample lesson plans on module topics.

This story hook aims to provide young readers with an appreciation of the beauty and uses of a mangrove ecosystem and the responsibility that, we, humans must take towards the protection of our mangroves. The hook is not intended specifically as a classroom text book, however teachers may find it an appropriate supplementary tool to use in discussions about the natural environment. A list of extension activities is provided for those wishing to take this further. These activities aim to increase knowledge about mangroves and their uses in general and also to encourage children to think critically about those situations that require people to change the way they have usually dune things.