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Publications
Peat in the mountains of New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Peatlands are common in montane areas above 1,000 m in New Guinea and become extensive above 3,000 m in the subalpine zone. In the montane mires, swamp forests and grass or sedge fens...
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Tectonics of the New Guinea Region
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The New Guinea region evolved within the obliquely and rapidly converging Australian and Pacific plate boundary zone. It is arguably one of the most tectonically complex regions of the...
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Hidden challenges for conservation and development along the Trans- Papuan economic corridor
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The island of New Guinea harbours one of the world’s largest tracts of intact tropical forest, with 41% of its land area in Indonesian Papua (Papua and Papua Barat Provinces). Within...
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ENSO related rainfall changes over the New Guinea region
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Here we analyze rainfall data for the New Guinea region comprising station observations, reanalysis products and satellite-based estimates in order to better understand some of these...
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The New Guinea Challenge Development and conservation in societies of great cultural and biological diversity 2003
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
10 paged document outlining the development and conservation in societies of great cultural and biological diversity in New Guinea of PNG. This was published in 2003