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This nearly 70-page EIA, prepared for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), investigates the Ok Tedi copper–gold mine’s impact on Papua New Guinea’s Fly–Ok Tedi River system. It reveals that approximately 80,000 tonnes of ore-processing residues—plus comparable volumes of waste rock and overburden—are discharged into the headwaters daily en.wikipedia.org+6library.sprep.org+6pacific-data.sprep.org+6 . Over decades, this dumping has elevated river beds, causing altered flow patterns, severe flooding, and erosion of nearby croplands and forests. The report traces the spread of trace metals throughout the floodplain, assessing sediment metal concentrations and ecological risk. It highlights widespread environmental degradation: deforestation, reduced aquatic biodiversity, and polluted agricultural soils. These impacts threaten both ecosystems and the livelihoods of downstream communities, while also raising broader concerns about sustainable mining and the need for environmental safeguards in the Pacific.

The areas of these people live in are environmentally and culturally rich. People are crying out for more access to services, such as medical care and education. The challenge for this people is to make decision that will benefit the community without affecting the environment.

Look at a PNG project for ecological sustainable development. If introducing rabbit species will bring more food to the people or more damage to the environment. An NZ company thats developing fridges that won't harm the earth's ozone layer, good news for the Pacific already copying plenty of the sun's powerful ray. This good produce could also contribute to less global warming. Solomon islands where world fund nature, is looking at logging for sustainable development.

Adaptation is a high priority due to climate related hazards that already pose significant risks to PNG today. PNG's commitment to adaptation for 2020-2030 will focus on four priority development sectors of agriculture, health, transport and infrastructure.

The Government of Tonga began promoting reef resources for generating foreign revenue in the mid 1980s. These particular reef resources include small inedible1 fish, corals (soft and hard), invertebrates and live rocks (rubbles, dead rocks, aquarium rocks). The purpose of this fishery is aimed at ornamental or pets in aquaria and is not for human consumption. All fisheries fundamentally have substantial economic contribution. It follows that it also has social importance. The UNEP reported that between 1.5 to 2 million world wide keeps marine aquaria in their homes, schools, Research Institutions and in public aquaria. By global standards it is a multi million dollar trade with an estimated worth of US$200-300 million generated annually.

Papua New Guinea prepare fpr climate change transition El Nino.

Country profiles on the state of coral reefs systems in the Pacific

Papua New Guinea (PNG) comprises the eastern half of the New Guinea mainland, the world’s largest tropical island, along with an archipelago of additional three islands and 600-odd lesser islets and atolls. It lies in the Southwest Pacific Ocean within an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 3 120 000 sq km and has a total land area of 462 243 sq km. The islands are high islands of volcanic origin with a maximum height of 4 496 m above sea level. PNG has an extensive system of water bodies ranging from deltas, lagoons, rivers, marshes and over 5 000 lakes

Mongabay rainforest profiles: American Samoa, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

For a deeper look into the state of the world’s development challenges, the UNDP 2020 Human Development Report was launched this month. The report centers the need for bold steps to reduce the pressure being exerted on the planet. It introduces the notion of environmental sustainability into the measurement of human progress and development. If humanity is to thrive and survive, we need to deploy nature-based solutions, incentives, a change in our social norms, behavior and lifestyles to tackle today’s most pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity decline, and inequalities.