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Convention on Biodiversity National Report for PNG

Conservation needs asessment for PNG

The Conservation Needs Assessment (CNA) for Papua New Guinea was requested by the government of Papua
New Guinea and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The CNA was implemented by the Biodiversity Support Program, a USAID-funded consortium of World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute, and The Nature Conservancy, in collaboration with local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), museums, and academic institutions.

Considered as one of the world’s biodiversity rich countr
ies, Papua New
Guinea ranks among the megadiverse countries and the last frontiers for
biodiversity conservation. This land of diversity hosts 6
-
8% of the global
species, hosts one
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sixth of known languages, and rivals Borneo, the Amazon
and the Congo in t
erms of biodiversity wealth. PNG comprises the eastern
half of the largest tropical island on earth, along with hundreds of smaller

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has one of the most significant areas of tropical forest in the world. These forests are, however, under threat from commercial logging, clearing of land for agricultural commodities, mining or the expansion of small-scale agriculture to meet the livelihood needs of the country's largely rural population.

Ramsar National Report to COP 13

Agency and the « Avatar » narrative at the Porgera gold mine, Papua New Guinea

What can be learnt from the past? A history of the forestry sector in Papua New Guinea

The current legal and institutional framework of the forest sector in Papua New Guinea

POLICY PROPOSALS FOR OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT

PNG Needs Right To Information (RTI) Law to Address Public-Sector Corruption