Natural Body and Skin Nutrition
Pacific Bean Villages is a micro-enterprise that is sourcing organic natural products from Papua New Guinea. As a sustainability initiative, our focal partners are rural communities that run nature and biodiversity conservation projects and preserve cultural heritage sites. We hope the value and market access we create will support their home grown initiatives and provide much needed livelihoods.
We are currently using the raw materials (vanilla, cocoa, virgin coconut oil) as base ingredients in our perfumes and skincare range under the brand name, KUNA. We are also distributing organic vanilla beans in Australia, United States and Europe.
Pacific Bean Villages has a strong commitment to sustainable and ethical practices to ensure that farmers within biodiversity conservation areas receive fair prices for their crops and access environmentally responsible growing methods.
Featured Products
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Moisturising Cream (50 GM)
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Non Foaming Cleanser (60 ML)
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Natural Exfoliating Scrub (100 GM)
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Natural Body Lotion (60 ML)
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Historical origins of Bean Villages
Pacific Bean Villages was founded in 2021 to support rural conservation communities in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The communities we work with are preserving critical ecosystems and endangered fauna endemic to the island of Bougainville and the rest of the Solomon Island archipelago ecoregion.
Pacific Bean Villages was created as a market platform to link farmers and international markets as a way to encourage the coexistence of biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic activities for rural communities in PNG. Many communities depend on the forests for their sustenance, but there is constant and mounting pressure for large-scale extraction of their natural resources, particularly forests, which are home to many under-explored native fauna and flora.
Our community level conservation and sustainable development program is run through the Kainake Project.
To read more of the conservation origins of Bean Villages and The Kainake Project, check the links below:
- The Kainake Project: https://www.kainakeproject.org/
- Australia Musuem Blog: On the trail of Bougainville's Giant Tree Rats
- University of Colorado Museum of Natural History: Environmental Conservation and Cultural Heritage by the Kainake Project
- ABC News: Tim Flannery leads expedition seeking rare animals in 'the Galapagos' of the Western Pacific