MARINE BIODIVERSITY SURVEY FINAL REPORT

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Bootless Bay

This report presents the results of a rapid biodiversity inventory of the Bogoro Inlet and Motupore Island within the Bootless Bay (a large embayment bordering the South-eastern side of the expanding Port Moresby City), Central Province, Papua New Guinea. The biodiversity survey was conducted at Tahira on the eastern coast of Bogoro Inlet and Motupore Island which is a small island about 1km from the coastline of Tahira (see maps in the main report). Both Tahira and Motupore Island are state lands leased to the University of Papua New Guinea and are proposed marine protected areas as part of the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) pilot initiative for establishing protected areas in line with the PNG policy on protected areas.