This project focusses on the Key Biodiversity Areas within each of Guadalcanal, Malaita, Renbel and Temotu Provinces, collates recent biodiversity survey data for each of the KBAs and assess whether the KBAs represent biodiversity-rich sites and whether, within the KBAs there are particularly rich areas that may be targetted for future protected area assessment.
The island of New Guinea harbours one of the world’s largest tracts of intact tropical forest, with 41% of its land
area in Indonesian Papua (Papua and Papua Barat Provinces). Within Papua, the advent of a 4000-km ‘development
corridor’ reflects a national agenda promoting primary-resource extraction and economic integration. Papua, a resource frontier containing vast forest and mineral resources, increasingly exhibits new conservation and development dynamics suggestive of the earlier frontier development phases of other Indonesian regions.
Large numbers of birds, including more than 68 000 wild-caught and reportedly captive-bred CITES-listed individuals,
It is desirable that all citizens of Papua New Guinea (PNG), wherever they live, have access to potable water and an appropriate standard of sewerage collection and treatment. Unfortunately, PNG‘s rugged geography makes that difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. Most of PNG‘s people live in rural areas (with over 85% of the population depending on semi-subsistence agriculture) and lack access to safe drinking water or sanitation. Apart from the cities of Port Moresby and Lae, urban areas are mostly small towns with fewer than 1,000 households.
CEPA Environment Permit Application Forms Schedule 1.
Tonga State of Environment Report 2018 - high resolution version best for print.
The map shows landcover and vegetation impact of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Haápai volcanic eruption on the Tonga Island group.
State of Palau’s Birds. Koror: Belau National Museum 2014
COOK ISLANDS TUNA LONGLINE FISHERY ANNUAL REPORT 2012
PNG is endowed with rich natural resources and culture and is known as one of the cultural and mega biodiversity hotspots globally. Located on the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, PNG contains roughly 1 percent of the global landmass, with four major islands and over 600 islands and atolls. PNG also has one of the diverse reef system in the world and has a total of 3.12 square kilometers of economic exclusive zone (EEZ) of marine territory. Over 840 spoken languages exist and spoken by over 1000 different tribes.