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.
Locally Managed Areas Map in Pdf
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
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
The 2020 State of Environment Report is the first for Papua New Guinea.
Shipping traffic on marine mammals
Water quality Information and reports
MARINE BIODIVERSITY SURVEY FINAL REPORT, 2018