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Image summary: PNG Forests June 2008

The following images are available for download in high resolution

These images may only be reproduced for media stories relating to the press release: As Papua New Guinea Pushes for Payments for Forest Conservation, New Analysis Says Nation May Be Running Out of Forests to Protect (2 June 2008).

If you wish to use the images for any other purpose, please contact Phil Shearman, University of Papua New Guinea on shearma@ozemail.com.au

You can click on the images below to download them in medium res. They are also available in higher res from the following site: ftp://files3.cyberlynk.net   (Username: UPNG2008; Password: UPNG2008)

All images please acknowledge the University of Papua New Guinea

The images are:

1.       Logging time series

2.      Two satellite images from Gulf Province – 1988 and 2002

3.      Photo of lowland logging

4.      Two satellite images showing oilpalm in Milne Bay, 1990 and 2005

5.      Three photos of logging roads in Western Province

6.      A short video of logging operations in New Britain.

 

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1.       Logging time series

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2.       Logging in Gulf Province after (2002)


Images of the East Kikori logging operation in Gulf Province. The 1988 image shows intact primary rainforest across most of the region. The 2002 image shows the effects of the logging operation that began around 1995.  The roading of the logging operation is clearly visible, as are areas of deforestation associated with log ponds and high intensity cutting. The

network of tracks and associated damage is typical of lowland logging operations.

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2         Logging in Gulf Province before (1988)

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3.       Logging in lowland rainforest in New Britain. Much of the canopy has been removed. Many of the residual trees are likely to die. Secondary forest in this degraded condition is highly susceptible to catastrophic burning.

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4 Oilpalm in Milne Bay 2005.JPG - Deforestation in the Sagarai Gadaisu region of Milne Bay Province. This area has been systematically logged, and in parts converted to oil palm. The image from 1990 shows the beginnings of oil palm clearance and logging activity. By 2005, the SPOT5 image shows further clearance for oil palm and extensive logging though the mountains. This combination of logging then clearance for oilpalm has occurred in Milne Bay, New Britain and New Ireland Provinces.

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4.      Oilpalm in Milne Bay 1990

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5 Logging Road in Western Province a

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5 Logging Road in Western Province b

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5 Logging Road in Western Province c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


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