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Immense concern for the sustainability and wastage of fish maw byproducts were expressed by interviewees. They reported that fish are becoming harder to catch and that sizes of fish caught are declining.

Although numerous records of occurrence exist for oceanic whales and dolphins inhabiting New Guinea waters, there is very little current information about inshore dolphins. Similarly there is very little current information on cetaceans from the Cape York/Torres Strait region of northern Australia.

The Germ-Buster student workbook can be used by students independently at their own pace or with a teacher's guidance and teaches children about germs, where they are found and how to prevent them making us sick. Join Super Soap journey to destroy germs. Through various activities, such as quizzes, puzzles and song-writing, children learn about what hands do during the day, where germs live, how we pick them up, and how washing with soap in the morning, after handling rubbish and before we eat, we can stop the spread of disease and keep us healthy.

This handbook is for farmers, field and extension workers and educators in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and helps strengthen food security int he face of climate change by reporting on variety if traditional and innovative farming technologies. It encourages farmers to think about and plan for the effects of climate change and other challenges to their communities.

The Clean Hands, Good Toilet, Happy Family! guide borrows form the fields of health psychology and social marketing, as well as traditional health education activities, to promote owning an improved or new toilet and washing hands at critical times. The guide contains information on how to plan a campaign to get key messages across, and how to work with change agents, augmented by real-life examples taken from health promotions in the Pacific

The lost of forestry and wildlife in Melanesian countries. To create environmentally and economically logging companies in Pacific island countries without destroying the forestry areas. Solomon islands government decision of the logging processes of the new licenses. A long time strategy to move away from the export of raw logging, which cause some environmental impact on the wildlife habitats.

This is an audio recording published by Radio Australia (approx. 26 minutes) via the SPREP Library. It reports that the UNFCCC, negotiated at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit with over 150 signatory nations, became international law less than two years later. While its goal—to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations to prevent human‑driven climate disruption—has faced criticism for lacking adequate strength, it marked the first global treaty on climate under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities." The episode also features a group of 25 environmental advocates from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands sharing their experiences in Japan, highlighting the environmental toll of unsustainable logging and efforts to raise awareness among consumers and officials

This publication summarizes the current status of urban sanitation in Papua New Guinea (PNG), highlighting the condition in informal settlements in Port Moresby and peri-urban communities in selected provincial towns. It discusses opportunities to make sanitation more inclusive through the introduction of an operational fecal sludge management (FSM) framework and offers lessons and practical recommendations for PNG government’s action and sector stakeholders’ support.

This is volume 2 of the Papua New Guinea strategy for the development of statistics. It complements volume 1 as the implementation plan of the strategy (PNGSDS)

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC)