Publications from the Forests of New Guinea

06 Dec 2006
Eaglewood: Protecting the rare wood
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25 Nov 2006
Niugini Toksave - Issue 2 (Oct 2006)
Conservation Newsletter of WWF Papua New Guinea » Read more

Local woman in traditional dress in Rhoku village, by a tributary of the Bensbach River. Her headdress is made from the feathers of the Cassowary - Papua New Guinea's largest bird, and she is adorned with white palm cockatoo feathers. Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
December 2004

25 Oct 2006
Crafting a Vision for the Future: Protecting New Guinea’s TransFly...
“When I was a little boy, you could walk into the bush about 2km and come back 30 minutes later with something you’d hunted,” Yul explains nostalgically. “But now you have to walk for hours and hours, sometimes even days”. What threats does the TransFly face, and how is WWF working to address these problems? » Read more

Blyth's hornbill is one of many bird species found within the TransFly.

25 Oct 2006
Protecting Sacred Lands in the Last Paradise on Earth…
“You dig a big yam up with a stick made out of yuka, it has to be a big one,” explains Abia Bai, a community elder from the Maiyawa tribe, who is sharing with me the secret to a good yam harvest. Find out more about the people of the TransFly, a vast savanna region in Papua that WWF is trying to protect. » Read more

A Pukapuki resident in traditional dress. His headdress is made from the feathers of the Cassowary, Papua New Guinea's largest bird.

21 Oct 2005
Deep in the perfumed forests of Papua New Guinea
A sharp knocking sound interrupts the busy chirrups, trills and cackles of a million insects and birds deep in the steamy, dense tropical rainforest. The disturbance comes not from a newly-discovered woodpecker, but from a machete being brought down on a tree. Find out more about WWF's work on sustainable forest practices in Papua New Guinea. » Read more