Papua New Guinea has large tracts of intact mangrove forest with a high species diversity extending over many thousands of shore kilometers and, in many regions, penetrating quite deeply inland.
Mangrove ecosystem is very useful and critical to PNG coastal communities. Its uses ranges from carbon sequestration, buffers coastlines against storm surges and sea level rise, breeding ground for fisheries, building, firewood, medicinal purposes to name a few.
Welcome to PNGplants — information for students, researchers, development workers, community leaders, government and non-government agencies and others working on plant identification, conservation and diversity of plants in Papua New Guinea.
PNGplants database
An internet accessible herbarium plant collection database of plants from Papua New Guinea
PNGtrees project
An interactive identification guide to the common trees of Papua New Guinea
Plant collectors of Papua New Guinea
Information about Papua New Guinean plant collectors and support staff
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 ha. 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 land suitability, developer experience and capacity, and socio-legal constraints.
At 463,000 square kilometers, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest Pacific island state. Located in the South
West Pacific, it is bound by the Gulf of Guinea and the Coral Sea to the south, Indonesia to the west, the Solomon
Sea to the east, and the Bismarck Sea to the northeast. PNG comprises the eastern half of New Guinea island, four additional islands (Manus, New Ireland, New Britain, and Bougainville), and 600 smaller islets and atolls to the north and east. PNG is home to a diverse range of ecosystems, including mountain glaciers, humid tropical
Papua New Guinea, the land of diversity and last frontier for Biodiversity Conservation. Situated north of Australia, Papua New Guinea is a Pacific Island country that comprises the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea and four islands bordered by the Solomon Islands to the east and Indonesia to the west. It is one of the largest tropical islands on earth, New Guinea remains covered by the 3rd largest rainforest in the world, after the Amazon and the Congo Basin.
Papua New Guinea, the land of diversity and last frontier for Biodiversity Conservation. Situated north of Australia, Papua New Guinea is a Pacific Island country that comprises the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea and four islands bordered by the Solomon Islands to the east and Indonesia to the west. It is one of the largest tropical islands on earth, New Guinea remains covered by the 3rd largest rainforest in the world, after the Amazon and the Congo Basin.
Papua New Guinea, the land of diversity and last frontier for Biodiversity Conservation. Situated north of Australia, Papua New Guinea is a Pacific Island country that comprises the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea and four islands bordered by the Solomon Islands to the east and Indonesia to the west. It is one of the largest tropical islands on earth, New Guinea remains covered by the 3rd largest rainforest in the world, after the Amazon and the Congo Basin.
Coral bleaching
Coral bleaching
Marine fisheries
Tuna Fishery Report Card 2018
The National Seas Act 1977 states that delimitation of boundaries in relation to neighboring states, the offshore seas of the State extend to a distance of 200 miles seaward from the baselines and, unless otherwise specified, shall be deemed to comprise all the waters outside the baselines and within a line proclaimed for the purposes of this section by the Head of State, acting on advice, in the National Gazette.
PNG Contiguous zone was calculated from its territorial sea baseline using a special delimitation software called MarZone.
The National Seas Act 1977 states that the territorial sea of PNG comprises all the waters, being waters forming part of the offshore seas, contained between the baselines and the outer-limit lines except for any such waters proclaimed under this section by the Head of State, acting on advice, not to form part of the territorial sea.
This chapter provides a brief description of Papua New Guinea, its past and present climate as well as projections for the future. The climate observation network and the availability of atmospheric and oceanic data records are outlined. The annual mean climate, seasonal cycles and the influences of large-scale climate features such as the West Pacific Monsoon and patterns of climate variability (e.g. the El Niño‑Southern Oscillation) are analysed and discussed.
This is an economic evaluation of the compensation to which Papua New Guinea’s customary landholders -
wrongly dispossessed through Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) - might be entitled if they successfully sued the government. The evaluation involves the calculation of commercial loss but also, and probably more importantly, economic equivalent value loss. The framework identifies the relevant heads of value (not just priced transactions) and demonstrates appropriate methods for valuation. It does not pretend to be a price calculator but rather a tool for advocacy.
Escalating anthropogenic impacts on tropical biodiversity have increased the vulnerability of endemic species. Selective harvesting of species is one of the major threats to birds and mammal species in the tropics. Many indigenous cultures, however, have long established cultural associations with certain species. The hunting and trade of species have been mainly for subsistence and socio-cultural ties within their communities.