The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea 2014
Measuring change over period 2002-2014
Measuring change over period 2002-2014
The Island of New Guinea is the largest tropical island in the world and contains the third largest tropical rainforest after Amazon Basin and Congo basin. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a well-known centre for biological endemism and diversification...
FAO has been monitoring the world's forests at 5 to 10 year intervals since 1946. The Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) are now produced every five years in an attempt to provide a consistent approach to describing the world's forests and...
PNG has a total of about 46.9 million hectare of which 77.8% is forested with 13 natural forest types and forest plantations with various species planted. The second major land use in PNG is cropland, which covers 11.0% of the total land area....
Forest
Fire and Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development
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