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A 2017 assessment found management effectiveness of Papua New Guinea’s protected areas to be “very low,” with no systemic improvement of on-the-ground delivery since 2006 when a similar study was conducted... Since then, Papua New Guinea has been working to improve management of protected areas through a Protected Areas Policy and Implementation Plan. Despite a growth in protected areas, with 59 formally registered in 2020, these efforts might not be sufficient for the country to reach Aichi Target 11...
