Wau Ecology Institute

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AbbreviationWEI
Formation1961
Dissolved2007
Wau Ecology Institute
AbbreviationWEI
Formation1961
FounderJudson Linsley Gressitt[1]
Dissolved2007
WebsiteWau Ecology Institute

The Wau Ecology Institute (WEI)[2] was established in 1961 near the town of Wau, Papua New Guinea, in Morobe province, as a field station of the Bishop Museum. In 1973 it became an independent environmental organisation. It has laboratory space for visiting scientists, a herbarium and zoological reference collections. The Institute ceased operations around 2007 and is now run as a local coffee plantation by former employees and area gold miners.

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