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Forest Change on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
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Published June 19, 2008
In June 2008, scientists published the country’s first detailed assessment of the type, extent, and health of Papua New Guinea’s forests, documenting the wide-spread deforestation and degradation of lowland rainforest on the islands east of the mainland, including the island of New Ireland.
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Forest Change, Mainland Papua New Guinea
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Published June 8, 2008
In June 2008, an international team of researchers released a report on the state of Papua New Guinea’s forests. The study summarized the findings from a five-year project in which the scientists compared high-resolution satellite imagery from the early 1970s and the early 2000s. The researchers found evidence of rapid deforestation and degradation, driven primarily by logging, subsistence agriculture, fires, and the development of mines and plantations.
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Irrawaddy Delta, Burma
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Published May 22, 2008
The clearing of the natural mangrove forests has left low-lying cropland and villages exposed to the sea.
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