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Environment - current issues Papua New Guinea, in 34 editions.
The entry for Papua New Guinea published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 8
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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2024 edition
Same as 2023The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
- one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast;
- some active volcanos;
- frequent earthquakes
one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast; some active volcanos; frequent earthquakes
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast;
- some active volcanos;
- frequent earthquakes
one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast; some active volcanos;
frequent earthquakes
The entry for Papua New Guinea did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects
- natural hazards:
- active volcanism;
- situated along the Pacific "Rim of Fire";
- the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes;
- mudslides
- international agreements:
- party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of
growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining
projects
natural hazards: active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Rim of
Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe
earthquakes; mudslides
international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine
Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects
- natural hazards:
- active volcanism;
- situated along the Pacific "Rim of Fire";
- the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes;
- mud slides
- international agreements:
- party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Tropical Timber 94
current issues: rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of
growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining
projects
natural hazards: active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Rim of
of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe
earthquakes; mudslides mud slides
international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine
Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea Sea, Tropical Timber 94
rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
rain forest subject to deforestation as
a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution
from mining projects
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber;
- pollution from mining projects;
- severe drought
rain forest subject to deforestation as
result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution
from mining projects projects; severe drought
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber;
- pollution from mining projects;
- severe drought
rain forest subject to deforestation
as apollution
pollution from mining projects; severe drought
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
- rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber;
- pollution from mining projects;
- severe drought
rain forest subject to deforestation
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- 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
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
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
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Papua New Guinea: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/papua-new-guinea/environment-current-issues.