Strengthening the capacity of decision making on REDD+
Forestry and climate change
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a conservation NGO working globallly and in PNG
Measuring change over period 2002-2014
Fire and Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development
What can be learnt from the past? A history of the forestry sector in Papua New Guinea
This is an economic evaluation of the compensation to which Papua New Guinea’s customary landholders -
wrongly dispossessed through Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) - might be entitled if they successfully sued the government. The evaluation involves the calculation of commercial loss but also, and probably moreimport antly, economic equivalent value loss. The framework identifies the relevant heads of value (not just priced transactions) and demonstrates appropriate methods for valuation. It does not pretend to be a price calculator but rather a tool for advocacy.
The current legal and institutional framework of the forest sector in Papua New Guinea
PNG HCV Toolkit
PNG Biomass project
REDD+ in PNG
Logging in PNG
Land
Biodiversity Conservation of terrestrial and amrine ecosystems
oil palm
REDD+
Soil Classification of PNG
This report stems from a simple observation: that since Independence in 1975, Papua New Guinea’s economic and social development outcomes have not matched people’s aspirations or government promises. Indeed, despite the abundance of its riches, PNG lags behind its Pacific neighbours on many important development indicators.
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. Most forests in PNG are under customary ownership and play an important role in sustaining the traditional subsistence livelihoods of most of the population. Currently PNG’s forests are relatively intact. PNG’s forest covers 80% of the country’s land area and 60% of the forest are undisturbed.