Company supports frog research project

ONE of the county’s largest financial companies has got behind Port Moresby Nature Park’s Frog Research programme.
Moni Plus head of sales and marketing Atish Das presented a cheque for K30,000 to the park’s conservation efforts to secure Papua New Guinea’s frog species against the likely catastrophic impacts of the amphibian chytrid fungus.
The fungus is currently recognised as the most significant example of emerging infectious diseases worldwide affecting frogs, with more than 40 per cent of frog species now threatened with extinction and another 170 species considered to have already become extinct in the last 20 years.
“It has always been our aim to be a good corporate citizen with social and environmental responsibilities, and that is what our sponsorship to the Port Moresby Nature Park is all about,” Moni Plus chief executive officer Gajanan Barve said.
Barve acknowledged the challenges faced by many companies and workers last year during the Covid-19 enforced lock downs and restrictions.
He said despite these challenges the company was still committed to doing its part to help the country and protecting its animals was a positive way.