New Guinea Forests

Forests of New Guinea flash presentation. Photos © WWF (See below for details) Use & share - see bottom box

An Ark for the Pacific

It’s not every day that you see a massive island still pulsating with the life of a vast, dense tropical rainforest.

It is even more rare to find tropical islands where glaciers still – barely – cover mountain-peaks that reach beyond 5,000 m. An island that has given life to strange creatures such as tree kangaroos and huge pigeons, and an abundance of orchids.

Where countless rivers bounce down mountain forests before settling into a leisurely flow to the sea through open savannas and grassland.

New Guinea is such an island - a place where nature has really gone wild.

This is also the place where our inherent, primordial links to the Earth remain as strong as ever.

So what are we to do when illegal logging, over-hunting and wildlife exploitation threaten to wipe out this island magic?

Find out about New Guinea, its wildlife, the people, threats and what WWF is doing to ensure a future for the island's ecosystems.