Papua New Guinea has more than once provided true life events of a “Lost World” nature, because of the geography of the region. The shape of the mountain ranges has left behind completely isolated areas, some quite vast, where the local biodiversity develops or stagnates totally unaffected and unknown by the outside world.
Pictures of new species discovered in New Guinea
The discoveries were made under CI’s Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) which deploys expert scientists to poorly understood regions in order to quickly assess the biological diversity of an area. The conservation organization makes RAP results immediately available to local and international decision makers to help support conservation action and biodiversity protection.
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Andy Roberts is a writer who initiated DARnet. Contact me on aroberts@gmail.com or @aroberts on twitter
