Deforestation statistics for Papua New Guinea

Total land area: Papua New Guinea

Total land area	ha
Land area	46,438,536
Tree cover in 2018	42,010,054

Forest and tree cover extent: Papua New Guinea

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Papua New Guinea. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		42,963,161
2001	32,595,215
2010	32,375,173	42,962,396
2018	31,920,894	42,010,054
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	76%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		90.5%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Papua New Guinea

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Papua New Guinea by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		36,028
2002	23,530	54,612
2003	15,366	31,827
2004	25,103	58,376
2005	16,365	58,376
2006	24,785	56,426
2007	25,053	49,205
2008	33,901	71,101
2009	23,180	49,248
2010	32,760	68,821
2011	26,450	53,097
2012	39,701	73,404
2013	30,630	56,709
2014	58,478	105,750
2015	77,941	180,931
2016	80,232	178,016
2017	63,581	117,590
2018	77,266	118,024
Primary loss 2002-2018	674,321
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		1,381,513
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	48.8%
Percent loss 2001-2018	2.1%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	24,449.17	53,402
Loss/year (2011-2018)	56,784.82	110,440

Biodiversity data: Papua New Guinea

Species count by taxa for Papua New Guinea. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).

Animal / plant group	Species count
Birds	744
Amphibians	395
Reptiles	289
Fishes	2858
Mammals	269
Vascular plants	11544

Conservation data: Papua New Guinea

Data on threatened species in Papua New Guinea as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	41
Threatened birds (2018)	39
Threatened fishes (2018)	61
Threatened higher plants (2018)	179

Protected areas data: Papua New Guinea

Data on threatened species in Papua New Guinea as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).

Protected areas (2017)	Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas, % of total land area	3.1
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Papua New Guinea

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	46438536	43733036	94.20%	43745935	94.20%	42856910	92.30%	1404643	3.20%	78036	51562	111128
15	46438536	43452111	93.60%	43423268	93.50%	42535812	91.60%	1402743	3.20%	77930	51529	110932
20	46438536	43313451	93.30%	43350672	93.40%	42464555	91.40%	1401203	3.20%	77845	51509	110765
25	46438536	43182489	93.00%	43185389	93.00%	42300200	91.10%	1400092	3.20%	77783	51490	110649
30	46438536	42963161	92.50%	42962396	92.50%	42078875	90.60%	1398204	3.30%	77678	51468	110440
50	46438536	42016783	90.50%	41741349	89.90%	40867431	88.00%	1385768	3.30%	76987	51185	109240
75	46438536	39684575	85.50%	39330812	84.70%	38508646	82.90%	1316835	3.30%	73158	49467	102771

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Papua New Guinea

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	46438536	43733036	43745935	25025636174	402290916	22349495	737533346	40974075
15	46438536	43452111	43423268	24978977755	402096815	22338712	737177498	40954305
20	46438536	43313451	43350672	24956431595	401935079	22329727	736880985	40937833
25	46438536	43182489	43185389	24933748322	401820840	22323380	736671574	40926199
30	46438536	42963161	42962396	24892357119	401624094	22312450	736310808	40906156
50	46438536	42016783	41741349	24697662374	400231999	22235111	733758660	40764370
75	46438536	39684575	39330812	24047578001	390194809	21677489	715357156	39742064

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Papua New Guinea

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Bougainville	943589	917800	904668	879880	93%	55433	6%	3,080	30645	3%	3,065	24788	3%	3,099
Central	2947642	2666311	2687885	2659781	90%	43241	2%	2,402	15137	1%	1,514	28104	1%	3,513
Chimbu	615695	561279	558914	551336	90%	11405	2%	634	3827	1%	383	7578	1%	947
East New Britain	1537932	1515898	1509784	1407023	91%	136761	9%	7,598	34000	2%	3,400	102761	7%	12,845
East Sepik	4371171	3808569	3837006	3775402	86%	98937	3%	5,497	37333	1%	3,733	61604	2%	7,701
Eastern Highlands	1116877	918511	897780	887983	80%	16483	2%	916	6686	1%	669	9797	1%	1,225
Enga	1175395	1083585	1094662	1080302	92%	21823	2%	1,212	7463	1%	746	14360	1%	1,795
Gulf	3486158	3387800	3377495	3349873	96%	47710	1%	2,651	20088	1%	2,009	27622	1%	3,453
Hela	979870	945120	946259	926869	95%	24244	3%	1,347	4854	1%	485	19390	2%	2,424
Jiwaka	486568	455129	448584	437676	90%	16466	4%	915	5558	1%	556	10908	2%	1,364
Madang	2898076	2719300	2718836	2632838	91%	138857	5%	7,714	52859	2%	5,286	85998	3%	10,750
Manus	226216	206247	203902	200837	89%	7482	4%	416	4417	2%	442	3065	2%	383
Milne Bay	1444868	1290484	1289490	1246273	86%	71019	6%	3,946	27802	2%	2,780	43217	3%	5,402
Morobe	3403205	2995998	2990919	2943383	86%	80762	3%	4,487	33226	1%	3,323	47536	2%	5,942
National Capital District	26537	2605	3076	3029	11%	87	3%	5	40	2%	4	47	2%	6
New Ireland	972090	938892	934151	897102	92%	50538	5%	2,808	13489	1%	1,349	37049	4%	4,631
Oro	2273082	2172400	2171986	2137119	94%	71978	3%	3,999	37111	2%	3,711	34867	2%	4,358
Sandaun	3572376	3478525	3473853	3386484	95%	118316	3%	6,573	30947	1%	3,095	87369	3%	10,921
Southern Highlands	1594315	1514661	1514691	1498417	94%	22443	1%	1,247	6169	0%	617	16274	1%	2,034
West New Britain	2042770	1996680	1998022	1907799	93%	162988	8%	9,055	72765	4%	7,277	90223	5%	11,278
Western	9896765	9026096	9043227	8916512	90%	193723	2%	10,762	67008	1%	6,701	126715	1%	15,839
Western Highlands	427339	361271	357206	352957	83%	7508	2%	417	3259	1%	326	4249	1%	531

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Papua New Guinea

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Bougainville	943589	917800	904668	501396161	29296313	1627573	1670530	1573877
Central	2947642	2666311	2687885	1595058161	22634568	1257476	771777	1864600
Chimbu	615695	561279	558914	329482654	5711861	317326	184640	483183
East New Britain	1537932	1515898	1509784	927133122	78577761	4365431	1897931	7449807
East Sepik	4371171	3808569	3837006	1896592107	41791177	2321732	1695443	3104593
Eastern Highlands	1116877	918511	897780	518913221	7955482	441971	298389	621449
Enga	1175395	1083585	1094662	693761455	11244553	624697	383654	926002
Gulf	3486158	3387800	3377495	2133294075	30741709	1707873	1347661	2158137
Hela	979870	945120	946259	567785128	13647441	758191	268241	1370629
Jiwaka	486568	455129	448584	268925652	8380952	465608	271470	708281
Madang	2898076	2719300	2718836	1531810565	69074813	3837490	2666544	5301171
Manus	226216	206247	203902	105393982	3998370	222132	245488	192936
Milne Bay	1444868	1290484	1289490	710409513	34878735	1937708	1464644	2529037
Morobe	3403205	2995998	2990919	1765951405	42658043	2369891	1766679	3123906
National Capital District	26537	2605	3076	778195	28817	1601	1438	1804
New Ireland	972090	938892	934151	538218598	27374193	1520789	731876	2506929
Oro	2273082	2172400	2171986	1302451043	40066028	2225890	2115680	2363653
Sandaun	3572376	3478525	3473853	2210727073	74179125	4121063	1889472	6910551
Southern Highlands	1594315	1514661	1514691	937867133	12570344	698352	347450	1136980
West New Britain	2042770	1996680	1998022	1265175131	90831397	5046189	4128840	6192875
Western	9896765	9026096	9043227	4899675516	87100520	4838918	3308359	6752116
Western Highlands	427339	361271	357206	191557229	3568606	198256	151366	256869

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Papua New Guinea

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Bougainville	943589	917800	904668	273488815	298	15979802	887767	911198	858478
Central	2947642	2666311	2687885	870031724	326	12346132	685896	420970	1017054
Chimbu	615695	561279	558914	179717810	320	3115559	173087	100713	263554
East New Britain	1537932	1515898	1509784	505708976	333	42860598	2381144	1035235	4063531
East Sepik	4371171	3808569	3837006	1034504785	271	22795188	1266399	924787	1693415
Eastern Highlands	1116877	918511	897780	283043576	308	4339356	241075	162758	338972
Enga	1175395	1083585	1094662	378415340	349	6133393	340744	209266	505092
Gulf	3486158	3387800	3377495	1163614950	343	16768207	931567	735088	1177166
Hela	979870	945120	946259	309700980	328	7444062	413559	146314	747616
Jiwaka	486568	455129	448584	146686719	322	4571432	253968	148075	386336
Madang	2898076	2719300	2718836	835533036	307	37677178	2093177	1454479	2891548
Manus	226216	206247	203902	57487626	279	2180927	121163	133903	105238
Milne Bay	1444868	1290484	1289490	387496099	300	19024764	1056931	798897	1379475
Morobe	3403205	2995998	2990919	963246222	322	23268019	1292668	963643	1703949
National Capital District	26537	2605	3076	424470	163	15718	873	785	984
New Ireland	972090	938892	934151	293573781	313	14931379	829521	399205	1367416
Oro	2273082	2172400	2171986	710427841	327	21854195	1214122	1154007	1289265
Sandaun	3572376	3478525	3473853	1205851131	347	40461342	2247852	1030621	3769392
Southern Highlands	1594315	1514661	1514691	511563891	337	6856552	380920	189518	620171
West New Britain	2042770	1996680	1998022	690095526	345	49544402	2752467	2252095	3377932
Western	9896765	9026096	9043227	2672550282	296	47509378	2639410	1804560	3682973
Western Highlands	427339	361271	357206	104485762	289	1946511	108140	82563	140110

Archived forest data for Papua New Guinea | Forest data for Papua New Guinea

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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