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    Papua New Guinea together with the West Papua region of Indonesia (New Guinea) makes up a major tropical wilderness area that still contains 5% of the...
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    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...
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    The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for...
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  • Environment portal New Guinea portal Baiyer River Sanctuary Conservation in Papua New Guinea Environmental issues in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, Asia & Pacific...
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    impacts. A 2008 article in The Nation claimed that the organization had attracted $6 million for marine conservation in Papua New Guinea, but that the funds...
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    Papua, Indonesia. In 2016, a literature review found no definitive evidence that the earliest possible dogs, within captive populations of New Guinea...
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    New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island...
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    Pisin: Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil), is an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, seeking independence. The largest island is Bougainville Island...
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    Cabinet of Papua New Guinea functions as the policy and decision-making body of the executive branch within the government system of Papua New Guinea. The Prime...
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    New Britain (Tok Pisin: Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated...
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    YUS Conservation Area is a protected area on the Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. It was established in 2009 as Papua New Guinea's first...
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  • is a list of the mammal species recorded in Papua New Guinea. There are 244 mammal species in Papua New Guinea, of which seven are critically endangered...
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  • Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with an estimated population of 6,187,591. Police brutality, provincial power struggles...
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    Mussau Island (category Islands of Papua New Guinea)
    rapid biodiversity survey of Papua New Guinea’s Manus and Mussau Islands. Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program. Goroka, PNG (2015):...
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    The Papuan eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) is a large bird of prey. It is also known by several other names, including Papuan harpy eagle, New Guinea eagle...
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  • (Yus Island), an island in West Papua Yus Rural LLG in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea YUS Conservation Area, Papua New Guinea Yonge–University–Spadina...
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  • following is a list of ecoregions in Papua New Guinea, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Papua New Guinea is in the Australasian realm. Ecoregions...
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  • Butterfly ranching in Papua New Guinea is a method for sustainable use of insect biodiversity endorsed and supported by the national government. The trade...
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    Tenkile (category Mammals of Papua New Guinea)
    species of tree-kangaroo in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to a very small area of the Torricelli Mountains of Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat...
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  • Paul Igag (category Papua New Guinean ornithologists)
    29, 2010) was a Papuan ornithologist. Igag was born in Krangket village, Madang Province of Papua New Guinea. He was Papua New Guinea's first national...
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    Pulau Kimaam Wildlife Reserve in Indonesia and the Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development Project in Papua New Guinea. Eric Dinerstein, David Olson...
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    southeastern Papua New Guinea to the Indonesian provinces of South Papua. It is separated from the New Guinea crocodile by the New Guinea Highlands, a...
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    This is a list of lakes in Papua New Guinea. There are about 5383 freshwater lakes in the country. The majority of lakes measure less than 0.1 km2 (0...
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    Australia- Papua New Guinea mixing occurred among a relatively few faunal groups; some Papua New Guinea species have an Asian origin. As Papua New Guinea drifted...
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    Tonda Wildlife Management Area (category Ramsar sites in Papua New Guinea)
    international importance and the largest protected area in Papua New Guinea. It is located in the south-western corner of the Western Province and is...
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    Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo (category Mammals of Papua New Guinea)
    bear-like mammal found only in mountain rain forests on the island of New Guinea (split between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Like other tree-kangaroos...
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    Lamprima adolphinae (category Insects of New Guinea)
    Lamprima adolphinae, the New Guinea stag beetle, is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae found in New Guinea and Papua. Dmitry Telnov (2011)...
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  • Homelessness in Papua New Guinea is a significant issue in Port Moresby, the nation's capital city. It is estimated that the homeless population in the nation's...
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  • Ian Saem Majnep (category University of Papua New Guinea)
    1948 – September 2007) was a naturalist from the Kalam people of Papua New Guinea who wrote about the plants, animals and the belief systems of the Kalam...
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    alongside Central Papua and South Papua, (they were subsequently joined by the even newer Southwest Papua Province). It borders Papua New Guinea to its east...
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