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.
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.
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.
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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.
A Biodiversity Vision for the TransFly
TransFly Ecoregion - Western Province, Papua New Guinea and Merauke District, Papua, Indonesia
Freshwater turtles of the TransFly region of Papua New Guinea
Notes on diversity, distribution, reproduction, harvest and trade
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.