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Publications
Oil palm and small farmers in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Oil palm prices may hold up in the medium term, with strong demand from India and China. Yet, like other non-oil commodities, oil palm prices are likely to remain volatile, and to...
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National Sustainable Landuse Policy for Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Sustainable Land Use Policy (SLUP) is a systematic and iterative procedure carried out in order to create an enabling environment for sustainable development (Wehrmann.B, 2011). It assess...
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Papua New Guinea National Food Security Policy (2016-2025)
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
This policy replaces the Papua New Guinea National Food Security Policy (NFSP) 2000-2010. The policy sets the medium to long-term direction and signals priority areas to focus resources...
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RSPO PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL (2013)
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Sustainable palm oil production is comprised of legal, economically viable, environmentally appropriate and socially beneficial management and operations. This is delivered through the...
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Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production: Papua New Guinea National Interpretation
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The Papua New Guinea National Interpretation 2014 is based on the generic document of the Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil 2013 (P&C 2013), which will be used as a...
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The Status of REDD+ in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a country emblematic of the challenges facing developing rainforest nations in the Global South. Despite its rich natural resources (recent surveys indicate that...
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THE GREAT TIMBER HEIST: THE LOGGING INDUSTRY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
With 3.8 million cubic meters of tropical wood exported in 2014, primarily to China, Papua New Guinea (PNG)has become the world’s largest exporter of tropical wood, surpassing Malaysia,...
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Oil palm and deforestation
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
An unprecedented increase in oil palm developments may be underway in Papua New Guinea (PNG) through controversial ‘Special Agricultural and Business Leases’ (SABLs) covering over two...
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National Agriculture Development Plan (2007-2016)
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
In September 2001, the National Executive Council (NEC) directed the National Department of Agriculture and Livestock (NDAL) to develop a medium term National Agriculture Development Plan...
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Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (Inc)
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Official website of the PNG Forest Industry Association (Inc)
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Tectonics of the New Guinea Region
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The New Guinea region evolved within the obliquely and rapidly converging Australian and Pacific plate boundary zone. It is arguably one of the most tectonically complex regions of the...
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The Papua New Guinea Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Policy 2015
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
In urban areas, responsibility for providing piped water and sewerage services in the nation’s capital, Port Moresby, lies with Eda Ranu, and for the remaining provincial and district...
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Hidden challenges for conservation and development along the Trans- Papuan economic corridor
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The island of New Guinea harbours one of the world’s largest tracts of intact tropical forest, with 41% of its land area in Indonesian Papua (Papua and Papua Barat Provinces). Within...
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Papua New Guinea National REDD+ Strategy 2017-2027
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) has been one of the fastest growing economies globally this century with average growth rates above 6%. This rapid growth has been driven primarily by the...
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PNG REDD+ and Forest Monitoring Web-Portal
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Web-Portal by Climate Change and Development Authority and Forest Authority
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Dataset
PNG Land Use By Type (2015)
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Dataset
PNG has a total of about 46.9 million hectare of which 77.8% is forested with 13 natural forest types and forest plantations with various species planted. The second major land use in PNG...
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
FAO has been monitoring the world's forests at 5 to 10 year intervals since 1946. The Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) are now produced every five years in an attempt to provide...
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Papua New Guinea’s National REDD+ Forest Reference Level
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The Island of New Guinea is the largest tropical island in the world and contains the third largest tropical rainforest after Amazon Basin and Congo basin. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a...
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Dataset
PNG Mining Cadastre Portal
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Dataset
Link to the PNG Mineral Resources Authority portal. Available layers: 30 Day Reserved Areas Mining Lease Special Mining Lease Alluvial Mining Lease Lease for Mining Purpose Mining...
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Dataset
The 15 countries reporting largest primary forest area (in 1000 ha) to FRA 2015
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Dataset
Comparisons of the countries with the largest forest areas (representing 90% of the global primary forest area reported to FRA, 2015