This dataset has an article on plastics that make their way into the ocean and data on plastics and other waste in the Pacific Island region.
Download from IUCN www.iucnredlist.org on 2nd of April 2019
PNG's forest cover loss 2000-2017 downloaded from [www.globalforestwatch.org](https://www.globalforestwatch.org/)
From 2001 to 2017, Papua New Guinea lost 1.28Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 3.0% decrease since 2000, and 158Mt of CO₂ of emissions.
A summary of various datasets on logging concessions, exports, forest cover are presented here.
Latest update on PAcific Countries and their economy by the Asian Development Bank
IUCN Taxanomy list
Assessing compensation for the wrongful loss of customary land
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2011 NATIONAL REPORT
1) At administrative level 1 these tables do not refer to the National Capital District or to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. The National Capital District is combined with the Central Province and Bougainville is combined with the North Solomons province.