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The history of conservation efforts in PNG dates back to the mid-1800s. Since gaining independence in 1975, the PNG government's efforts to protect biodiversity have resulted in the establishment of 44 terrestrial protected areas under the International Union for Conservation of Nature categories. [27]
The effort by the PNG government to protect biodiversity has resulted in 44 existing terrestrial protected areas using the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources categories. [2] These protected areas account for 1.6% of the total land area.
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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.
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 Kaijende Highlands have received media attention since 2005 due to a number of new species discovered in the area. A notable study compiled samples of 759 specimens from the Kaijende Highlands, which is among the largest surveys by CI-RAP in Papua New Guinea, and discovered 24 new species of plants and frogs among them. Other surveys have ...
It was established in 2009 [1] as Papua New Guinea's first conservation area, and named after the Yopno, Uruwa and Som rivers that flow through it. [2] The 760 km 2 area of tropical forests is stretching from coral reefs off the northern coast to the 4,000-metre peaks of the western Saruwaged Mountains .