FORESTRY
FOREST POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
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25%
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75%
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50%
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100%
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Detailed explanation-1: -Papua New Guinea (PNG) possesses one of the planet’s largest remaining tropical rainforest. At least seventy-five percent of its original forest cover is still standing, occupying vast, biologically rich tracts over 100, 000 square miles in all.
Detailed explanation-2: -Covering about 65% of the land area of the island (288, 000 km2), the forests of New Guinea encompass mountainous and lowland areas of particularly high biodiversity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rainforests cover 28.2 million hectares of Papua New Guinea and comprise 80% of the forest estate, with the rest of the forest estate comprised of dry evergreen forest, swamp forest and mangroves. The total forest estate covers approximately 71% of the land area.