A Milestone Report for Department of the Environment (November 2017)
Papua New Guinea is committed to the establishment of a network of marine protected areas
to fulfil national and international commitments. In order to assist this, the conservation
priority areas analysis identified a range of areas of high conservation interest in the PNG
marine environment, based on the principles of comprehensiveness, adequacy,
representation and resilience (CARR). The analysis collated available national-scale data on
biodiversity features and biodiversity surrogates.
DEC
Species
Biological survey
Marine fisheries
Marine fisheries
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is committed to the establishment of a network of protected areas to fulfil national and international commitments.
Marine datasets from FAO
Sharks conservation
Reconstructing Papua New Guinea’s Marine Fisheries Catch, 1950-2010
Conservation Status of Marine Biodiversity in Oceania.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a conservation NGO working globallly and in PNG
SHARKS and RAYS of PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PNG National Fisheries Authority
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Comission
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Forum
This dataset shows the global distribution of coral reefs in tropical and subtropical regions. It is the most comprehensive global dataset of warm-water coral reefs to date, acting as a foundation baseline map for future, more detailed, work. This dataset was compiled from a number of sources by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the WorldFish Centre, in collaboration with WRI (World Resources Institute) and TNC (The Nature Conservancy).
MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a key instrument aboard the Terra (originally known as EOS AM-1) and Aqua (originally known as EOS PM-1) satellites. Terra's orbit around the Earth is timed so that it passes from north to south across the equator in the morning, while Aqua passes south to north over the equator in the afternoon. Terra MODIS and Aqua MODIS are viewing the entire Earth's surface every 1 to 2 days, acquiring data in 36 spectral bands, or groups of wavelengths (see MODIS Technical Specifications).