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Papua New Guinea Geography 1996
Southeastern Asia, group of islands including the eastern half of the island
of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of
Indonesia
slightly larger than California
total 820 km, Indonesia 820 km
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to
October); slight seasonal temperature variation
mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills
gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil potential
rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial
demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects
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
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps
along southwest coast
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