Country Profiles
Country Profiles
Adaptation Learning Mechanism [climate change adaptation] country profiles
Papua New Guinea
Asian Development Bank Country Profiles and Strategies
Papua New Guinea
Biosafety Profiles [CBD Biosafety Clearinghouse Mechanism]
Papua New Guinea
Birdlife [Avifauna] Profiles
see also Pacific regional overview [Birdlife International]
see also Globally Threatened Birds (those evaluated as Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable) of Oceania [Birdlife International]
see also State of the World's birds website and report [Birdlife International] - including Pacific country case studies
Country Climate Profile [UNDP]
* Sourced from the Adaptation Learning Mechanism, a knowledge sharing platform developed by UNDP in partnership with the Global Environment Facility, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the World Bank, and the United Nations Environment Programme.
Earthtrends Thematic Country Profiles [WRI]
Agriculture and food, Biodiversity and protected areas, Climate and atmosphere, Coastal and marine ecosystems, Economics, business and the environment, Energy and resources,Environmental governance and institutions, Forests, grasslands and drylands, Population, health and human well-being, Water resources and freshwater ecosystems.
Environment Statistics - Country Snapshots [UN; 2009]
Papua New Guinea
Environmental Vulnerability Index - Country Profiles [SOPAC / UNEP]
Papua New Guinea
EU Pacific Country Environment Profiles
Papua New Guinea (2006; 673kb)
see also EU Country Partnership Profiles [incl. environment and EDF10 strategies]
Papua New Guinea
FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System
Papua New Guinea
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Country Profiles
Papua New Guinea
Fishbase Biodiversity Country Profiles (all fish)
Papua New Guinea
Fisheries Resources Profiles
Papua New Guinea (1995; 7.25mb),
Forestry Country Profiles
Forestry Department Country Profiles [FAO]
Papua New Guinea
see also FAO Forest Resource Assessment : Country Reports [2010]
Papua New Guinea (2010; 229kb)
see also FAO Forest Resources Assessments - Data collection for the Pacific region [2000]
Papua New Guinea - pt 1 / pt 2
see also Mongabay Rainforest profiles:
Papua New Guinea
see also State of the World's Forests 2007: Asia and the Pacific [FAO] (2008; 1.77mb)
see also Tropical and subtropical forest profiles prepared by the World Wildlife Fund
Global Biodiversity Information Forum [GBIF] Country Profiles
Papua New Guinea
see also GBIF Google Earth Country Links
Papua New Guinea
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Country Profiles
Use the drop down menu to go to the individual profiles - includes GEF-4 Allocation and Utilization , Approved Projects and Projects Under Preparation
Integrated Water Resource Management Profiles [SOPAC]
Papua New Guinea
Invasive Species : Country Profiles [ISSG]
Papua New Guinea
JICA Country Environment Profiles
Papua New Guinea (2002; 355kb)
Laws and legislation
Pacific islands Environmental Laws [Commonwealth Secretariat]
Papua New Guinea
SPREP National Laws and Legislation clearinghouse
Papua New Guinea
Mangrove and Wetlands Profiles [ *from Proceedings of the Pacific Regional Workshop on Mangrove Wetlands Protection and Sustainable Use . SPREP, 2002.]
Papua New Guinea (2002; 203kb)
see also: A Directory of Wetlands in Oceania [1993]
see also: Wetlands of the Pacific Island Region (2008; 882kb)
see also: IWMI Global Wetlands - Interactive Web Map Server - includes countries of Oceania
see also: Wetlands in Oceania - country profiles and wetlands information [UNEP-WCMC] -Papua New Guinea
Marine Resource Profiles
Status of Coral Reef Systems of the World: 2008 (2008; 20mb)
Chapter 11 - Status of the Coral Reefs in Australia and Papua New Guinea (2008; 2.69MB)
see also:
State of the marine environment in the South Pacific Region (1990; 3.48mb)
see also:
Reefbase Country Profiles (coral reefs, reef fish, biodiversity)
Papua New Guinea
see also GIS data for corals in the Pacific from Reefbase - browse by country and reef profile
see also GIS data for marine protected areas in the Pacific from Reefbase - browse by country and ecosystem
MPA Global Profiles (marine protected areas database)
Papua New Guinea
see also Millennium Coral Reef Mapping - South Pacific products
IMARS Geomorphological classification is publicly available on the University of South Florida web site from http://www.imars.usf.edu/MC/output_south_pacific.html . Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, New Caledonia, Cook Is, French Polynesia and East Solomon are there (PNG will hopefully be coming shortly). Files are distributed as Shapefiles (ArcGIS) and can be opened in MapInfo.
Mapservers containing country level data on land utilisation, forestry, minerals etc.
Papua New Guinea
Millenium Development Goals - Country Profiles
Papua New Guinea
see also SPC's Millenium Development Goal summaries and in particular regional data for Goal 7 - Ensure environmental sustainability
NATIONAL PROFILES OF CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
Papua New Guinea
Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum Country Data:
Papua New Guinea
Pacific Regional information System - PRISM [SPC]
Environmental and Climate Statistics
Papua New Guinea
Plant Profiles
Papua New Guinea
see also Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea - Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Protected Areas
~Pacific Protected Areas database (PBIF)
Papua New Guinea
~World Database on Protected Areas - Pacific site profiles
Papua New Guinea
Protected Areas Management Effectiveness profiles
Papua New Guinea (*use drop down menus on website to access country data)
see also: Protected Areas of the Pacific Islands profiles [UNEP / WCMC]
Maps of the Pacific Islands
Wetlands in Oceania - country profiles and wetlands information - Papua New Guinea
see also Protected Area profiles on www.protectedplanet.net
Papua New Guinea
see also GIS data for marine protected areas in the Pacific - browse by country and ecosystem
see also MPA Global Profiles (marine protected areas database) above
SocMon profiles (Socioeconomic Monitoring Initiative for Coastal Management )
Papua New Guinea
SPC Country Profiles:
Papua New Guinea
SPREP Country Profiles: Exchange of Information by Members at SPREP Annual Meetings:
- Exchamge of information by Members on National Developments related to Natural Resource Management Priority of the Action Plan [2007]
see Agenda Item 6.1: Country Profiles of the Report and record of the 18th SPREP Meeting of Officials in Apia, Samoa on 11th to 14th September 2007
- Exchange of information by Members on national developments related to Pollution Prevention priority of the SPREP Action Plan [2008]
see Agenda Item 8.6: Country Profiles of the Report and record of the19th SPREP Annual Meeting of Officials in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia on 8–12 September 2008
- Exchange of Information by Members on National Developments Related to the Climate Change Focus Area of the SPREP Action Plan [2009]
see Agenda Item 11.2: Country Profiles of the Report and record of the 20th SPREP Annual Meeting of Officials in Apia, Samoa on 17 - 20 November 2009
- Exchange of Information by Members on Year of Biodiversity [2010]
see Agenda Item 11.3: Country Profiles of the Report and record of the 21st SPREP Meeting of Officials in Madang, Papua New Guinea on 6-10 September 2010
see also individual profiles for: Wallis and Futuna
Sustainable Development Profiles (UN Agenda 21)
Papua New Guinea
Threatened species: Summary of species on the 2008 IUCN Red List
Papua New Guinea
UNCCD Country Profiles:
Papua New Guinea
UNEP Country Profiles [* poorly maintained and little information available]
Papua New Guinea
Water Resource Profiles [SOPAC - Pacific water - http://www.pacificwater.org/]
Papua New Guinea
see also "Pacific Regional Consultation on Water in Small Island Countries" - country briefing papers (2003)
Papua New Guinea
WHO Environmental Health Profiles
Papua New Guinea
World Bank Environment indicators
Papua New Guinea
World Factbook Country Profiles [CIA]
Papua New Guinea
World Ocean Database 2005 [NOAA]
Geographically sorted data for the Pacific Ocean [datasets]
see also Paciifc Biodiversity Information Forum website and databases
see also Papua New Guinea Herpetofauna Database
see also Plants of Papua New Guinea
