The project was awarded USD6, 736.11 to establish the Kuper Range conservation area boundary surveyed and gazzetted as a Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The survey collected basline data on the diverse flora and fauna composition of the area. The Kuper Range was under threat of logging operations in Bulolo/Wau areas. The project was managed by the Wau Ecology Institute (WEI).

The gazzetting of the Kuper Range as a WMA was alted due to financial contraints. The WEI was unable to furnish of the data collected from the completed biological and boundary survey and submit to the Department for Environment and Conservation (DEC). The project also was not able to sustain its operations and with no financial support from WEI as it also could not afford to provide that support the project result of establishing the WMA was left at that.