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Publisher Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) of SPC
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Related Countries Papua New Guinea
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Melanesia holds the World’s most Diverse and Intact Insular Amphibian Fauna

Biodiversity Conservation

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Bower, Deborah. S

McDonald, Peter. J

Oliver, Paul M.

et al

Identifying hotspots of biological diversity is a key step in a conservation prioritisation. Melanesia centred on the vast island of New Guinea - is increasingly for its exceptionally species rich and endemic biota. Here we show that Melanesia has the world's most diverse insular amphibian fauna, with over 7% of recognised global fog species in less than 0.7% of the world's land area and over 97% of species endemic.

Climate Change, Coral Reef Ecosystems, and Management Options for Marine Protected Areas

Environmental Governance, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Keller, Brian D. et al

Marine protected areas (MBA) provide place-based management of marine ecosystem through various degrees and types of protective actions. Habitats such as coral reefs are especially susceptible to degradation resulting from climate change, as evidenced by mass bleaching events over the past two decades. Marine ecosystems are being altered by direct effecrs of climate change including ocean warming, ocean acidification rising sea level, changing circulation patterns, increasing severity of storms, and changing freshwater influxes.

A herpetofauna with dramatic endemism signals an overlooked biodiversity hotspot

Biodiversity Conservation

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Kraus, Fred

The Milne Bay Region of southeastern most Papua New Guinea comprises a small portion of mainland New Guinea and several offshore islands, totaling 15,000 km2 in land area. I numerically summarize the literature and findings from my field surveys of the region’s herpetofauna and show that it contains the greatest known assemblage of range-restricted endemic herpetofauna globally for such a small area

SOPAC country profile : Papua New Guinea

Environmental Governance, Biodiversity Conservation

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South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission

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

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