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.
Documents on PNG's Lae Port Development Project.
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Esso Highlands Limited (Esso) proposes to develop the Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas Project
(PNG LNG Project) in a co-venture with other participants. Esso (as project operator) will produce and condition gas from new and existing petroleum fields in the Southern Highlands and Western provinces of Papua New Guinea, send the conditioned gas by pipeline across Gulf Province and the Gulf of Papua to a 6.3-Mtpa LNG Plant in Central Province, liquefy the gas, and load it onto LNG carriers for export. The project will also produce condensate for export.
Main Report describing the physical, chemical and biological environment of Misima Island and the possible impacts of development on the area
This report provides an overview of Nautilus, undersea mining in Papua New Guinea, and M·CAM recommendations for impact minimization and long-term value optimization. This report compiles information available in the public domain so attribution and conclusions drawn therefrom are predicated solely on the accuracy thereof.
The corals reefs of Australia and Papua New Guinea cover 19% of the world’s total reef area and contain levels of biological diversity approaching the ‘hot spots’ of the Philippines and Indonesia; Human pressures on these reefs are lower than in other parts of the world (particularly SE Asia).
JICA Country Profile on Environment of Papua New Guinea (PNG) was carried out by the Planning and Evaluation Department Japan International Cooperation Agency in February 2002. This 37 paged report outlines PNG's fact sheets, organization structure, legislation, current environmental issues and international relations between PNG and overseas countries
Presents PNG's prioritized environmental concerns which include: 1) Environmental conditions – Papua New Guinea 2) Environmental protection – Papua New Guinea 3) Environmental impact analysis – Papua New Guinea 4) Public health – Environmental – Papua New Guinea 5) Marine resources – Conservation – Papua New Guinea 6) Fisheries conservation – Papua New Guinea
Report is financed by the European Commission and is presented by Mr. Wayne Borden and Mr. Gareth Ward of MWH SA for the Government of Papua New Guinea and the European Commission. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government of Papua New Guinea or the European Commission
Summarizes the findings to date, and places them in a regional and historical context. Discusses the SEAFRAME gauge in Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, which records sea level, air and water temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction. It is one of an array designed to monitor changes in sea level and climate in the Pacific.
It is a Pre-Workshop In Country Review For Papua New Guinea 19th-23rd October 1999 in Nadi, Fiji Islands. Collaboration between NDMO, PNG NWS and Water Resources
PNG Country Report was published in 2006 or earlier. Reports the progress on mangrove wetland protection and sustainable use of these areas in PNG
Plants diversity
A short report on CR VU EN species in PNG in 2008 on the IUCN Red list
Lae Port Development
Water quality Information and reports
Health Policy