Papua New Guinea - Environment
As far as the environment of Papua New Guinea is concerned, there have been rain forest loss as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; unsustainable logging practices result in soil erosion, water quality degredation, and loss of habitat and biodiversity; large-scale mining projects cause adverse impacts on forests and water quality (discharge of heavy metals, cyanide, and acids into rivers); severe drought; inappropriate farming practices accelerate land degradion (soil erosion, siltation, loss of soil fertility); destructive fishing practices and coastal pollution due to run-off from land-based activities and oil spills. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Papua New Guinea
Climate We have tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation
Revenue from forest resources 2.08% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1 million tons (2014 est.)
Total renewable water resources 801 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km) Sepik river source and mouth (shared with Indonesia) - 1,126 km; Fly river source and mouth (shared with Indonesia) - 1,050 km
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 220 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 170 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 1 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 8.89 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 7.54 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 11.05 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 2.6% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 0.7% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 1.5% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 0.4% (2018 est.)
Forest 63.1% (2018 est.)
Other 34.3% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 13.7% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 410,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2023).
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Papua New Guinea is found in Melanesia