This raw data was generated from the 2015 Urban Local Level Government Workshop held in Port Moresby, PNG from the participants presentations.
We describe three challenges for biodiversity planning, which arise from a study in Papua New Guinea, but apply equally to biodiversity planning in general. These are 1. the best use of available data for providing biodiversity surrogate information, 2. the integration of representativeness and persistence goals into the area prioritisation process, and 3. implications for the implementation of a conservation plan over time.
Application form for an environment permit
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Environment and Conservation is currently undertaking a national marine gap analysis to contribute towards their commitment under the Convention on Biological Diversity to establish a “comprehensive, effectively managed and ecologically-representative national system of protected areas.” The gap analysis will identify conservation priorities throughout Papua New Guinea’s marine area to inform protected area planning, environmental impact assessment and other biodiversity conservation interventions.
The 2014 State of the Forests report documents substantial changes in PNG’s forests over the period 2002-2014.
The main driver of this change was the industrial logging industry both through the degradation of primary
rainforest to secondary logged forest, and the conversion of forest to other non-forest land cover types such as cleared land and scrub.
8 Categories of Forest (Area Coverage km2) Rainforest, Secondary, Dry Evergreen, Swamp, Mangrove, Herbaceous, Scrub and Grassland/Woodland
Published pdf report from IUCN for PNG rare and endangered species
The Environmental Monitor Series is prepared for countries of the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region and presents a snap-shot of key environmental trends in the countries to enable them to identify environmental aspects of national development that need attention in the years ahead. Environmental Monitor 2002 is the first of in the Monitor series which aim to engage and inform stakeholders of key environmental issues.
An introduction to the natural history, societies, conservation and sustainable development of the New Guinea region prepared by CSIRO Australia for the Moore Foundation, 2003
This pictorial review will show:
•how Earth history has given these islands immense biological and mineral riches;
•why the plants and animals are of outstanding value for science and natural history;
•the enormous diversity of human cultures developed over the last30,000 years;
•the footprints of human society and infrastructure that lie over the entire landscape;
The objectives of this Act are–
(a) to protect the environment and conserve biological diversity; and
(b) to ensure that proper weight is given to both the long-term and short-term
social, economic, environmental and equity considerations in deciding all
matters relating to access to, use and management of the country’s unique
biological resources; and
(c) to protect and sustain the potential of biological and physical resources
against threats posed by bio-piracy and other related illegal activities to
The document provides an in-depth analysis of the socio-cultural aspects of ABS; international aspects of ABS; the relevant policy and legal framework associated with ABS in PNG; research and development and ABS; and intellectual property rights aspects of ABS
This paper provides an overview of the ways in which villagers have intensified agricultural systems in Papua New Guinea, focusing on the last 60 years.
This 18 paged document is a series of publications which include the full proceedings of research workshops, organised symposia or supported by ACIAR. Numbers in this series are distributed internationally to selected individuals and scientific institutions.
This 3 paged paper outlines the research focused on maternal deaths and its impacts on PNG children. Research paper was published by Auckland University's Centre of Development Studies as part of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
The report reviews the state of human development in Papua New Guinea in terms of the three pillars of sustainable development –economic, social and environmental – and specifically examines the ways in which the extractive industries have contributed –positively and negatively – to these related but distinct pillars. While there have been some measurable achievements in terms of improvements in human development (increases in life expectancy, per capita income and educational achievement), many of the indicators are less positive.
5 paged report on the HDI values and rank changes in the 2014 Human Development Report for PNG