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Exploring Forest Change Spatial Patterns in Papua New Guinea: A Pilot Study in the Bumbu River Basin
Willie Doaemo 1,2, Midhun Mohan 3,4, Esmaeel Adrah 4, Shruthi Srinivasan 5 and Ana Paula Dalla Corte 6 1Department of Civil Engineering, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae 00411, Papua New Guinea2Morobe Development Foundation, Doyle Street, Trish...
The Kamiali Wildlife Management Area
Image source: click here The Kamiali Wildlife Management Area is a 69,000 hectare reserve located on the Huon Gulf Coast, 60km southeast of Lae, Papua New Guinea (Lonely planet; Bein, Janelle, Warf & Hansen 2004). The reserve was registered as a wildlife...
Runoff Water Quality in the Bumbu Watershed, Papua New Guinea – MDF Research
Image source: click here With the establishment of an increasing number of industries, growing settlement populations, unregulated urban expansion and deforestation, water resources in the Lae region of the Morobe province have come under dire stress (Kaupa, 2012;...
Water Quality and Sanitation in Papua New Guinea
Image source: UNICEF 2018 Papua New Guinea’s population has some of the poorest access to clean water in the world. The nation ranks at the bottom of all Pacific countries for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related statistics, which pertain to clean water, water...
Forest Deforestation and Degradation in Papua New Guinea – Issue, Assessment and Solutions
"Awane Chief, Gamaura Sagigi and his wife Kamsong Sagigi demonstrate herbal medicine in Awane forest land. The forest provides food, medicine, craft and building materials for the Awane clan. Awane community forestry project, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Global forest...
Rising Sea Levels in Papua New Guinea – A Brief Overview
Image source: click here Climate change is an extremely serious issue affecting our planet and it has caused global sea levels to rise. Rising sea levels especially threaten lowland communities, coasts and islands- Papua New Guinea being one of them. Rising sea level...