Science and Environment

Center for Environmental Law and Community Rights, Inc. - Mission is to protect and assert legal rights and equitable access to and control of natural resource use and promote community based natural resource management through effective law and policies in Papua New Guinea.
http://www.celcor.org.pg/

Varirata National Park - An article on Papua New Guinea's first national park, from Paradise Magazine.
http://www.em.com.pg/PNG/Paradisearticles2/Varirata.htm

Southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: A Conservation Assessment Report - Full text of a 2001 report by Beehler and Alonso. (10.4 MB) [PDF]
http://www.cimelanesia.org.pg/docs/South%20New%20Ireland_RAP.pdf

A Biodiversity Conservation Plan for Papua New Guinea Based on Biodiversity Trade-offs Analysis - Full text of a research paper by Faith, Margules, and Walker.
http://www.amonline.net.au/systematics/faith2.htm

Kerang Papua - Shells of Papua - Illustrations from Alan Hinton's book, Shells of Papua New Guinea.
http://www.papuaweb.org/gb/ref/hinton-1974/

Conservation International Melanesia - Melanesian branch of Conservation International, supports conservation efforts in Papua New Guinea, Papua Province (Indonesia), Solomon Islands and Samoa.
http://www.cimelanesia.org.pg/

Papua New Guinea Eco Forestry Forum - Supports integrated rural community development and sustainable resource use through a viable and sustainable eco-forestry industry. Includes information on small-scale sawmills, non-timber forest products, and forest certification.
http://www.ecoforestry.org.pg/

Marinenetpng - Mailing list for marine conservation in Papua New Guinea.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marinenetpng/

National Agricultural Research Institute of Papua New Guinea - Features programs, newsletter, projects, and publications.
http://www.nari.org.pg/

New Guinea Binatang Research Center - Research on insects and their relationship to plants of the rainforests of Papua New Guinea.
http://www.entu.cas.cz/png/index.html

UN System-Wide Earthwatch: Papua New Guinea - Environmental information and statistics, including details for individual islands in the group.
http://islands.unep.ch/CHD.htm

Handbooks to the Flora of Papua New Guinea - Complete text of the 3-volume series edited by Womersley, Henty and Conn.
http://papuaweb.org/dlib/bk1/flora/index.html

Mahonia Na Dari - Mahonia Na Dari is a marine education and community conservation non-government organisation. Mahonia supports community-based conservation and resource management in Kimbe Bay and islands region of Papua New Guinea.
http://www.mahonia.org/

National Capital Botanical Gardens - Information about the admission fees, flower shop and garden nursery, orchid culture, photos, and tissue culture lab are given.
http://www.ncbg.org.pg/

Terror-Razing the Forest - A 2006 preliminary report by Nick Chesterfield on illegal logging in Papua New Guinea. [PDF]
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/Terror-razing_the_Forest.pdf

Biological Conservation Conference in Manokwari 2004 - Theme: Biological conservation through research and education. To be held October 7-9. [PDF]
http://papuaweb.org/net/cfc/ng-6th-bio-2004.pdf

Parataxonomist Training Center - A non-profit organization for training parataxonomists, advancing biodiversity research, and developing conservation programs.
http://www.entu.cas.cz/png/parataxoweb.htm

The Biodiversity of Papua, by Kal Muller - Full text of a book draft by Muller.
http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/up/muller-ngb/index.html

Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea - Survey II (2000) - Full text of a 2000 report by Allen, Kinch, McKenna and Seeto. [4.37 MB] [PDF]
http://www.cimelanesia.org.pg/docs/Milne%20Bay_RAPII.pdf

Papua New Guinea Orchid News - Includes genus descriptions, drawings, photos, and links.
http://www.orchidspng.com/

New Guinea Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity Digest - Full text of the Wildlife Conservation Society's journal.
http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/jr/ngtebd/index.html

New Guinea Vegetation - Full text of the 1976 book by K. Paijmans.
http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/bk/paijmans/_toc.html

Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea - Full text of a 1998 Conservation International report. [5.81 MB] [PDF]
http://www.cimelanesia.org.pg/docs/Lakekamu_RAP.pdf

Research and Conservation Foundation of Papua New Guinea - RCF goals are to promote, preserve, and research the flora and fauna of Papua New Guinea for the people of Papua New Guinea and the world. RCF manages Crater Mountain the Integrated Conservation And Development.
http://www.rcf.org.pg/

Masalai i Tokaut - A chronicle of corruption and mismanagement in Papua New Guinea’s forest industry since June 2002.
http://www.masalai-i-tokaut.com/

The Aquatic Pteridophytes of Papua New Guinea - Catalogue of ferns and fern allies found in waters of the region.
http://www.anbg.gov.au/fern/aquatic/