Soils of Papua New Guinea

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Soils of PNG

Much of the information presented in this book has been collected by soil scientists of the Division of Land Use Research, CSIRO, which between 1953 and 1972 carried out land resources surveys in Papua New Guinea at the request of the then Australian Administration. Prior to these surveys, very little was known about the country which is characterised by large areas of inhospitable terrain difficult of access. Although accessibility is still a major problem, much research has been carried out during the last three decades, not only by CSIRO workers, but also by researchers from many other institutions notably the Papua New Guinea Department of Primary Industry (formerly Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries), and the University of Papua New Guinea.