It is clearer today than ever before that the threats to ocean life are growing and beyond the capacity of any one nation to
address alone. While in the past, we primarily spoke of
overfishing or destructive fishing and their impacts on ocean
life, today, climate change and its impacts on marine life must
also loom large in the minds of oceans decision makers.
According to a series of reports released throughout 2007 by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)1, the
increase in globally observed temperatures is very likely due to
Papua New Guinea (PNG) hosts some of the world's largest and
last remaining intact forest landscapes. While these forests have always been a haven for biodiversity and provided a livelihood for the millions of people who live in them, it is only in recent years that their importance for carbon storage has come to be fully appreciated.
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