The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in conjunction with Papua New and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) formally partnered in June 2015 to develop and implement a landmark biodiversity conservation initiative for Protected Areas in PNG’s Central Province (JICA, 2018). This initiative is formally referred to by JICA & CEPA as: ‘The Project for Biodiversity Conservation through Implementation of the PNG Policy on Protected Areas' (herein referred to as the ‘Project’).
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in conjunction with Papua New Guinea’s Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) formally partnered in June 2015 to develop and implement a landmark biodiversity conservation initiative for Protected Areas in PNG’s Central Province (JICA, 2018). This initiative is formally referred to by JICA & CEPA as: ‘The Project for Biodiversity Conservation through Implementation of the PNG Policy on Protected Areas' (herein referred to as the ‘Project’).
An unprecedented increase in oil palm developments may be underway in Papua New Guinea (PNG) through controversial “special agricultural and business leases” (SABLs) covering over two million hectares. Oil palm development can create societal benefits, but doubt has been raised about whether the SABL developers intend establishing plantations. Here, we examine the development objectives of these proposals through an assessment of their landsuitability, developer experience and capacity, and sociolegal constraints.
Coastal fisheries in the South Pacific are reviewed, including descriptions of fisheries, catch composition, catch rates and fisheries biology studies conducted on target stocks. The most widely targeted coastal fish stocks are reef fishes and coastal pelagic fishes. Small pelagic species are important for subsistence and small-scale commercial fisheries.
In 2005, the governments of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Costa Rica first proposed the concept of reducing carbon emissions from deforestation in developing countries at the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In their submission, they noted that both were small
The SURFACES project is integrating action on good health and wellbeing [Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3] and conservation of life on land (SDG 15) in the threatened rainforests of Papua New Guinea (PNG), and mapping evidence
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.
The 1:1 million soil map and accompanying explanatory notes provide a broad overview of the distribution of soils in Papua New Guinea. The soils are classified at great group level according to the USDA Soil Taxonomy and are mapped as soil associations. Each soil association is described in terms of its associated landform, rock type, climate and vegetation. Information relating to several other attributes important for land evaluation, namely slope, texture, salinity,
flooding, depth, rockiness and anion fixation, is also provided.
Biodiversity Conservation of terrestrial and amrine ecosystems
Climate change and migration
Bismarck Sea rapid assessment
oil palm
Fisheries
Biodiversity and Health