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Papua New Guinea together with the West Papua region of Indonesia makes up a major tropical wilderness area that still contains 5% of the original and untouched tropical high-biodiversity terrestrial ecosystems. [1] PNG in itself contains over 5% of the world's biodiversity in less than 1% of the world's total land area. [2]
Papua New Guinea is home to several protected areas, which receive protection because of their environmental, cultural or similar value. The total area of Papua New Guinea protected territories is 14,330 km 2 (5,530 sq mi), which amounts to approximately 3.07% of the country's territory. The total number of protected areas as 2018 is 71.
Biodiversity protection efforts in Papua New Guinea. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; ... Conservation in Papua New Guinea; Retrieved from ...
Satellite images exemplify massive loss of forest cover in New Ireland between 1989 (bottom) and 2000 (top). Deforestation in Papua New Guinea has been extensive and in recent decades from 2001 to 2020, Papua New Guinea (PNG) lost 1.57Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 3.7% decrease in tree cover since 2000, and 1.15Gt of CO₂e emissions.
Approximately 50 million hectares (or 24%) of European forest land is protected for biodiversity and landscape protection. Forests allocated for soil, water, and other ecosystem services encompass around 72 million hectares (32% of European forest area). [230] [231]
Environmental leaders from 185 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday to launch a fund to support global conservation, and the United Nations called for contributions to help meet ...
The following is a list of ecoregions in Papua New Guinea, as ... A global biogeographical regionalization of the Earth's freshwater biodiversity. Accessed 30 March ...
Papua New Guinea#Biodiversity; This page is a redirect. ... When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.