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Conservation and environmental news & publications: Papua New Guinea

Local tribesman in the TransFly. The head piece is made from the feathers of the cassowary bird. Rhoku, Papua New Guinea.

A conservation vision: Protecting New Guinea’s TransFly

Longer hunting days are worrying Yul Bole Gebze, an elder from the village of Wambi in the Indonesian province of Papua, and are the reason why he made a two-day journey to Madang on the other side of the international border in Papua New Guinea to attend an important meeting concerning his environment. Find out more about a conservation vision for the New Guinea's Transfly region.

Posted on 07 July 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

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

A conservation vision for New Guinea's wetlands

Governments, community leaders, scientists and conservation organizations, including WWF, have launched a conservation "vision" to conserve one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest, richest and most pristine wetlands on the island of New Guinea.

Posted on 17 May 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Island nation leaders attending a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity announced conservation commitments to protect the future of their islands. Mushroom Islands, Palau.

Island nations commit to protect their futures

Island nation leaders attending the eighth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity announced significant conservation commitments — both on land and at sea — to protect the future of islands.

Posted on 29 March 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Eclectus parrot. New Guinea, Indonesia.

::: Asia-Pacific Story :::
Essential oils from New Guinea’s forests

New Guinea contains more strange and new and beautiful natural objects than any other part of the globe. Indeed, few places on earth rival the diversity of New Guinea, one of the great natural jewels of our planet. Find out more about a WWF trip to Indonesia's Wasur National Park.

Posted on 20 January 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

A Biodiversity Vision for the TransFly

A Biodiversity Vision for the TransFly

TransFly Ecoregion - Western Province, Papua New Guinea and Merauke District, Papua, Indonesia

Posted on 01 January 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Freshwater turtles of the TransFly region of Papua New Guinea

Notes on diversity, distribution, reproduction, harvest and trade

Posted on 01 January 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

The Sepik River is perhaps the largest unpolluted river in the Asia-Pacific region and home to one of the world’s largest crocodile populations. Niksek tributary, Sepik River Basin, Papua New Guinea.

New protected areas for Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has announced that it will gazette 12 new protected areas covering some of the country’s most biologically diverse forests, wetlands and reefs.

Posted on 26 October 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

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