Abbreviation | WEI |
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Formation | 1961 |
Founder | Judson Linsley Gressitt[1] |
Dissolved | 2007 |
Website | Wau 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.