Wau Ecology Institute

The Wau Ecology Institute (WEI) 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.

Publications

Some publications of the WEI are:
* Menzies, J.I. (1975). ''Handbook of Common New Guinea Frogs''. WEI Handbook No.1. Wau Ecology Institute: PNG.
* Lamb, K.P.; & Gressitt, J.L. (eds). (1976). ''Ecology and Conservation in Papua New Guinea''. WEI Pamphlet No.2. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
* Gressitt, J.L.; & Hornabrook, R.W. (1977). ''Handbook of Common New Guinea Beetles''. WEI Handbook No.2. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
* Simon, Martin. (1977). ''Guide to Biological Terms in Melanesian Pidgin''. WEI Handbook No.3. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
* Beehler, Bruce McP. (1978). ''Upland Birds of North-eastern New Guinea. A guide to the hill and mountain birds of Morobe Province''. WEI Handbook No.4. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
* Gressitt, J.L.; & Nadkarni, Nalini. (1978). ''Guide to Mt Kaindi. Background to montane New Guinea ecology''. WEI Handbook No.5. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
* Menzies, J.I.; & Dennis, Elizabeth. (1979). ''Handbook of New Guinea Rodents''. WEI Handbook No.6. Wau Ecology Institute: PNG.
* McCoy, Michael. (1980). ''Reptiles of the Solomon Islands''. WEI Handbook No.7. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG.
* Hadden, Don. (1981). ''Birds of the North Solomons''. WEI Handbook No.8. Wau Ecological Institute: Wau, PNG.
* Beehler, Bruce McP.; Pratt, Thane K.; & Zimmerman, Dale Allen. (1986). ''Birds of New Guinea''. WEI Handbook No.9. Wau Ecology Institute: Wau, PNG. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, USA.

References

External links

Wau Ecology Institute

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Biological research institutes
Environmental organisations based in Papua New Guinea
1961 establishments in Papua New Guinea
Research institutes established in 1961
Research institutes disestablished in 2007