Port Moresby, 4 April 2018– The award winning anti-corruption initiative by the Department of Finance and United Nations Development Programme, ‘Phones Against Corruption’, is expanding to include 44 government agencies.
Kurumul, 26 April 2018 –The global vision Agenda 2030 expresses vision for a better future world for everyone. Imagine if no one was living in poverty, all had access to quality health, education, clean water, fair working and living conditions and all live in natural environment that is sustainable.
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Port Moresby, 26 April 2018 – Mountain communities and their environments are very important ecological zones for biodiversity hotspots in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
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The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is developing a finance and investment plan to promote sustainable practices in the agriculture, forestry, lands and environment and conservation sectors.
Port Moresby, 25 April 2018: Over two thousand people in Buka town and Kokopao will need to be evacuated to higher grounds in the event of a tsunami.
The development of the National REDD+ Strategy is the key part of PNG’s response to climate change and the country’s Green Growth Development agenda per the National Strategy for Responsible and Sustainable Development.
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The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is conducting a sector by sector planning retreat as a significant step to ensure key sectors such as lands, forestry, agriculture, environment and conservation are strengthened and well aligned to address climate change.
Into the Jungle
Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas packed up their safe suburban life in Australia and braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a little known tree kangaroo from being hunted to extinction.
UNDP and Papua New Guinea in photos
Take a look at the people and partners we work with including our project sites accoss the different areas in Papua New Guinea.
Collectors stamps to commemorate APEC
23 November 2017, Port Moresby – Post PNG will be releasing new series of collectors stamps to commemorate Papua New Guinea’s historic hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
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About Papua New Guinea
60%
population of youth
12 %
wage employment rate
2 712
gross national income (GNI) per capita
153
out of 188 countries in the Human Development Index