Just north-east of the northern coast of Australia lies a series of islands that form what is called the "Melanesia sub-region". The tropical marine water of the Carol Triangle surrounds the Melanesian subregion and extends from the eastern border of the island of New Guinea to the northeast, extending to the southeastern corner to include Fiji, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. As a result, the Melanesian subregion features some of the most enduring and yet to be discovered landscapes of our modern times. In the heart of the Melanesian subregion lies the second largest island in the world: New Guinea. The eastern part of the island of New Guinea together with the islands of Bougainville, New Britain and New Ireland describe the geographical boundaries of the country of Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG is located along the tropical geographic region of the Pacific Ring of Fire between 0o and 12o latitude, where it receives rainfall ranging between 950 and 10,000 mm per year (map). This equatorial location, together with favorable natural and anthropogenic conditions, has allowed a large number of astonishing diversity of terrestrial vegetation to evolve and dictate the landscape of PNG. PNG's landscape is dominated by multiple ecological formations, mainly forests covering 78% of the total area. Furthermore, the diversity of PNG's terrestrial vegetation begins with beach grass, on coastlines, moving inland to tropical lowland forest and ending with alpine forests on mountain tops (table). For thousands of years, these rich terrestrial vegetations have provided the habitat and protection elements that were essential for the survival of the Papuan people. As a result, the vast majority of the Papuan population (87 ... half of paper ... both natural forests and non-forest formations that provide PNG with important values ​​and benefits. That is, the landscape offers abundant sources of benefits and values financial, environmental and social. These important benefits in turn attract a distinctive group of stakeholders, namely foreign investors, local government and environmentalists, each of whom views landscape values ​​from entirely different points of view. The difference in perspective between these different stakeholders brings out the urgent need for these groups to adopt a more collaboratively grounded managerial effort. This in turn will result in well-expressed dialogues taking place between these different stakeholder groups gap between these groups as they all move forward towards a prosperous, developed and sustainable Papua New Guinea.