Beyond their inclusivity and universality, one of the more notable features of the Sustainable Development Goals
The exceptional economic growth in Asia and the Pacific has come with significant environmental costs that
Beyond their inclusivity and universality, one of the more notable features of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets is that they place an equal emphasis on the economic, social, and environmental
dimensions of sustainable development. Recent SDG status reports indicate that implementation of SDGs with a stronger environmental focus show limited progress. Asia and the Pacific is arguably the region with the greatest
Papua New Guinea probably harbours more than five percent of the world's biodiversity within some of the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems. Many of these organisms are endemic; that is, they are found only in Papua New Guinea or on the island of New Guinea. This chapter reviews the status of knowledge of Papua New Guinea's biodiversity from a taxonomic perspective, for example, by group of organism. Chapter 7 reviews the extraordinary range of environments which exist in Papua New Guinea.
At least six species of marine turtle,are found in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The only survey of their distr~butiQn known to me was done by Sylvia Spring, ten years ago. This report records the' reslilts of a survey on turtles which I conducted 'between Februaryartd June 1989.
Tourism to the Pacific is increasing and will be a key driver of economic growth in the coming decade. Yet despite more visitors to the Pacific, tourism growth is not inevitable for all countries in the region.
People have adequate food security when households have the capacity to access sufficient food at all times, either through self-production or through market purchases. Overall, food security is high in PNG as most rural people have access to land and can grow most of their food requirements. The food security situation is considerably better in PNG now than it was before the Pacific war. This is because high-yielding staple crops have been adopted and people have access to cash income that can be used to purchase food.
The Hindenburg Wall, along with the Muller Range and Nakanai Mountains, is a part of a proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site called The Sublime Karst of Papua New Guinea (Hamilton-Smith 2006). This survey document reports on a biodiversity assessment undertaken by the Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea (WCS), financed by the Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program Ltd (PNGSDP), and undertaken in partnership with the Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC).
The first European to succeed in entering the highlands of central New Guinea was Richard Thurnwald, a member of the Kaiserin-Augusta-Fluss Expedition of 1912-13. He arrived at the source basin of the Sepik River (in the Telefomin vicinity) on 19 September 1914. It was either Richard Thurnwald or Walter Behrmann, the expedition geographer, who named the high mountains south of the source basin of the Sepik, the Hindenburg Range.
Species diversity
Species diversity
Biological survey
Marine fisheries
Vegetation dynamics
First Biennial Report