Papua New Guinea Marine Program on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security - National Plan of Action 2010-2013

Coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, sand and mud shore and intertidal flats, barrier dunes and their associated lagoons, deltaic floodplains and estuaries, rocky shorelines, reef walls and drop-off areas, sea mounts form the complex marine habitats of PNG. Marine organisms associated with this array of habitats are important components of the rich marine biodiversity of Papua New Guinea.