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.
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.
The impacts of human-induced environmental change that characterize the Anthropocene are not felt equally across the globe. In the tropics, the potential for the sudden collapse of ecosystems in response to multiple interacting pressures has been of increasing concern in ecological and conservation research. The tropical ecosystems of Papua New Guinea are areas of diverse rainforest flora and fauna, inhabited by human populations that are equally diverse, both culturally and linguistically.
Protected areas data was derived from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) dataset (source: www.protectedplanet.net). Exclusive Economic Zone data was derived from Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 11. Available online at http:// www.marineregions.org
Protected areas data was derived from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) dataset (source: www.protectedplanet.net). Exclusive Economic Zone data
was derived from Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 11. Available online at : http://www.marineregions.org/.
EU-Organisations of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA)
“Vemööre” is a term in the Kwenyï language spoken by people from the Isle of Pines in New Caledonia. It is used to highlight a collective commitment and responsibility to implement the principles of life, to preserve balance, to build alliances, and to respect the word between people and between the spirits of our environment.
The 2020 State of Environment Report is the first for Papua New Guinea.