Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Goals To protect nesting, moulting and migratory birds Unique landscapes-floodplains, reed bed, coastal meadows, wooded meadows and islets Current situation Area-50 000 hectares, of which 30 000 hectares is covered with water There are 282 species of birds 49 species of fish 47 species of mammals 772 species of vascular plants 6500 hectares of semi-natural landscapes are maintained by local people 5368 ha is traditional farmlands Millions of migratory birds stop on our coast on their way from western Europe to breed in Arctic regions
use. Although banned by the Indonesian government since 1990, trading in the feathers of the birds of paradise is still ongoing./5/ Vital waterways for people and wildlife Home to crocodiles, freshwater sharks, barramundi and hundreds of other fish species, the rivers of New Guinea rival terrestrial ecosystems in terms of complexity and diversity. They are also integral parts of forest ecology. River systems form extensive floodplains at lower altitudes, arising from networks of progressively smaller rivers and streams originating in the highlands. /2/ 10 References 1. http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Papua+New+Guinea/Overview 2. http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/new_guinea_forests/ 3. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/papua-new- guinea-missions/photo2.html 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea 5
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