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The Trans-Papua Highway, still under construction, cuts through a pristine rainforest in Papua province in Indonesia. Credit - ULET IFANSASTI/GREENPEACE
Massive road project threatens New Guinea’s biodiversity
October 15, 2021

...according to a study based on satellite imagery and maps from local governments that was published last month in Biological Conservation.

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Camera trap images of tenkiles. Image: Tenkile Conservation Alliance.
Road construction imperils tree kangaroo recovery in PNG
July 21, 2021

The Torricelli Mountains of northwestern Papua New Guinea are home to a wide variety of wildlife, including three species of tree kangaroos.

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Study revealing New Guinea’s plant life ‘first step’ toward protection. Source - Mongabay.com
Study revealing New Guinea’s plant life ‘first step’ toward protection
August 26, 2020

A recent study in the journal Nature found that New Guinea has more plant species than any other island on Earth.The island has more than 13,000 species of plants, more than two-thirds of which live only in New Guinea.

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Road traffic microplastics flooding world's oceans: study. source - https://phys.org
Road traffic microplastics flooding world's oceans: study
July 15, 2020

Airborne microplastics from traffic pollution may be entering the world's oceans at a similar rate to that from rivers, according to new research Tuesday warning that the particles may also speed up Arctic ice melt.

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a landslide can bee seen in a newly improved section of the Kundiawa – Gembogl road. Image by Camilo Mejia Giraldo for Mongabay.
Two identical road trips, a year apart, highlight PNG’s infrastructure woes
March 13, 2020

Papua New Guinea’s government plans to build more than 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) of road in the five-year period leading up to 2022. Two Mongabay reporters traveled one such road-in-progress, from Kundiawa to Gembogl in the country’s mountainous interior, a year apart.

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Hidden challenges for conservation and development along the Trans- Papuan economic corridor

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The island of New Guinea harbours one of the world’s largest tracts of intact tropical forest, with 41% of its land

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