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Sex affiliation and its implications in Koiari
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
THE present paper discusses a form of social classification which may be referred to provisionally as sex affiliation. The essence of it is that male children are classed with their...
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PhD Thesis on Endemic Birds in Papua New Guinea’s Montane Forests: Human Use and Conservation.
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Escalating anthropogenic impacts on tropical biodiversity have increased the vulnerability of endemic species. Selective harvesting of species is one of the major threats to birds and...
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THE EXPORT AND RE-EXPORT OF CITES-LISTED BIRDS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Large numbers of birds, including more than 68 000 wild-caught and reportedly captive-bred CITES-listed individuals, were imported from the Solomon Islands in the 2000s. The vast majority...
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Framework for assessing compensation for the wrongful loss of customary land in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
This is an economic evaluation of the compensation to which Papua New Guinea’s customary landholders - wrongly dispossessed through Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) - might be...
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STATE OF SAFEGUARDING PNG’S INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Our cultures and traditions are deeply entrenched in every Papua New Guinean, in our families, our homes and basically in our way of life. Our cultures and traditions are also preserved...
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Talking it Through Responses to Sorcery and Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The belief that illness, death and misfortune of all sorts is frequently caused by the deliberate interventions of individuals with special powers or magical knowledge is pervasive...
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MANGROVE REHABILITATION FOR SUSTAINABLY-MANAGED HEALTHY FORESTS (MARSH): FINAL REPORT
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The project Mangrove Rehabilitation for Sustainably Managed Healthy Forests (MARSH) commenced on October 1st 2012 and ended on September 30th 2015. The project was initially supposed to...
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Climate change in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
This chapter provides a brief description of Papua New Guinea, its past and present climate as well as projections for the future. The climate observation network and the availability of...
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Prehistoric stone artefacts from Enga and the implication of links between the highlands, lowlands and islands for early agriculture in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Two of the unanswered questions of Papua New Guinea prehistory are: (1) whether agriculture was present in the mid-Holocene not only in the highlands but also in the lowlands and Bismarck...
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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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The Hiri in History
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
In days gone by some of the Motu-speaking peoples around Port Moresby used to go on annual trading expeditions to the Gulf of Papua. There they would exchange with the inhabitants of that...
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EXOGENOUS CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE GENERATIONAL CHANGE: THE CASE FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
An analysis of cultural change and generation gaps in the local community of the Nungon ethnic group in the state of Papua New Guinea will be the subject of the study. This ethnic group...
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Coupled climate and sea-level changes deduced from Huon Peninsula coral terraces of the last ice age
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, is a tectonically unstable, uplifting shoreline ringed by emergent coral terraces. The terraces were formed during episodes of rapid sea-level rise when...
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First biennial update report (BUR) to UNFCCC 2018
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The Papua New Guinea Government submits PNG’s first Biennial Update Report (BUR1) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The report follows the BUR...
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PNG Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) under UNFCCC
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Update on the 2nd National Communication Report for PNG to UNFCCC downloaded from www.unfccc.org
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Climate Risk and Adaptation Country Profile-Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
At 463,000 square kilometers, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest Pacific island state. Located in the South West Pacific, it is bound by the Gulf of Guinea and the Coral Sea to the...
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Biodiversity assessment of the PNG LNG Upstream Project Area, Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The island of New Guinea has an exceptionally high biodiversity, and a large proportion of its fauna and flora is found nowhere else on Earth. Charismatic species such as birds-of-...
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RIDGES TO REEFS ASSESSMENT FOR NEW BRITAIN, PNG: PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
By 2050 the population of New Britain will be more than 1.9 million people, more than three times the current population. In addition, the looming threat of climate change and, in...
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Protected Area Policy Implementation Plan (2018-2028)
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
This Protected Areas Policy Implementation Plan (PAPIP) aims to guide organizations, agencies and resource owning communities of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to collaborate and harmonize their...