In New Guinea, megadiverse lowland forests are most at risk of deforestation

Mongabay
May 21, 2025, 4:43 am97 pts
The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host one-tenth of Earth’s species, it’s the world’s second-largest island and has the third-largest intact expanse of tropical forest in the world, after the Amazon and the Congo. It’s…

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