Exploring Forest Change Spatial Patterns in Papua New Guinea: A Pilot Study in the Bumbu River Basin by Willie Doaemo, Midhun Mohan, Esmaeel Adrah, Shruthi Srinivasan, Ana Paula Dalla Corte

“…Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that hosts unique rain forests and forest ecosystems which are crucial for sequestering atmospheric carbon, conserving biodiversity, supporting the livelihood of indigenous people, and underpinning the timber market of the country. …”
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Surviving in the Post-Repatriation Era: Challenges and Opportunities for Papuan refugees after returning from Papua New Guinea by Melyana R Pugu, Mariana E Buiney, Meyland S F Wambrauw, Claudia C Renyoet, Mariolin Sanggenafa, Johni R V Korwa

“…Keywords: Papua; Papua New Guinea; repatriants; refugee …”
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‘Removing the Youth from their Pernicious Environment’: Child Separation Practices in South Dutch New Guinea, 1902-1921 by Maaike Derksen

“… This article examines practices of child separation in South Dutch New Guinea during the first two decades of colonial administration and missionary presence, spanning the years 1902-1920. …”
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On a collection of Leucosioidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Papua New Guinea, with the description of a new species by Bella S. Galil

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High interstadial sea levels over the past 420ka from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea by Gino de Gelder, Laurent Husson, Anne-Morwenn Pastier, David Fernández-Blanco, Tamara Pico, Denovan Chauveau, Christine Authemayou, Kevin Pedoja

“…Global mean sea level curves based on oxygen isotope data underestimate interstadial sea level by as much as 20 m, according to coral reef terrace analysis and a reassessment of the regional deformation pattern at the Huon peninsula, Papua New Guinea…”
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Factors influencing University of Papua New Guinea medical imaging science students considering rural radiography careers by Ruth Pape, Kelly Spuur, Jenny Wilkinson

“…Introduction: The aim of this research was to explore factors influencing students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) Bachelor of Medical Imaging Science (BMIS) choice to pursue rural radiography careers.Methods: A survey and focus groups of BMIS students at the UPNG were undertaken. …”
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The incredible diversity of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in New Guinea revealed by integrative taxonomy (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) by Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

“…Material collected between 1999 and 2011 in Papua New Guinea and the Papua Province of Indonesia unveiled the enormous diversity of Labiobaetis on this island. …”
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Assessing socioeconomic impact of pathogen tested and conventional practice sweet potato production in the highlands of Papua New Guinea by Richard J. Culas, Coleman Pombre

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Emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with kelch13 C580Y mutations on the island of New Guinea. by Olivo Miotto, Makoto Sekihara, Shin-Ichiro Tachibana, Masato Yamauchi, Richard D Pearson, Roberto Amato, Sonia Gonçalves, Somya Mehra, Rintis Noviyanti, Jutta Marfurt, Sarah Auburn, Ric N Price, Ivo Mueller, Mie Ikeda, Toshiyuki Mori, Makoto Hirai, Livingstone Tavul, Manuel W Hetzel, Moses Laman, Alyssa E Barry, Pascal Ringwald, Jun Ohashi, Francis Hombhanje, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Toshihiro Mita

“…We conducted cross-sectional surveys in 2016 and 2017 at two clinics in Wewak, Papua New Guinea (PNG) where we identified three infections caused by C580Y mutants among 239 genotyped clinical samples. …”
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Participation, agency, and youth voice in establishing school gardens: comparing cases from Kenya and Papua New Guinea by Graham J. Walker, Amy Vos, Kenneth Monjero, Trudie Sikas-Iha, Robyn G. Alders

“…This community case study investigates the establishment of school gardens in Kenya and Papua New Guinea (PNG), focussing on engagement and participation. …”
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Dengue viruses in Papua New Guinea: evidence of endemicity and phylogenetic variation, including the evolution of new genetic lineages by Peter R Moore, Andrew F van den Hurk, John S Mackenzie, Alyssa T Pyke

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The hidden dimension to political instability: Insights from ministerial durations in Papua New Guinea from 1972 to 2017 by Henry Ivarature

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Five new species of Terebellides (Annelida, Polychaeta, Trichobranchidae) from Papua New Guinea (Bismarck and Solomon seas) by Nicolas Lavesque, João M. M. Nogueira, Guillemine Daffe, Pat Hutchings, Pat Hutchings

“…Five new species of Terebellides are described from coastal and deep waters of Papua New Guinea, using both morphology and molecular tools (for four species). …”
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Mountain colonisation, miniaturisation and ecological evolution in a radiation of direct-developing New Guinea Frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae) by Paul M. Oliver, Amy Iannella, Stephen J. Richards, Michael S.Y. Lee

“…Here we investigate the evolution of montane endemism, ecology and body size in a clade of direct-developing frogs (Choerophryne, Microhylidae) from New Guinea. Methods Phylogenetic relationships were estimated from a mitochondrial molecular dataset using Bayesian and maximum likelihood approaches. …”
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A Serological Survey of Selected Papua New Guinea Blood Donors for Hepatitis B and Related Co-Infections by Francisca Varpit, Bruce Gummow

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious problem and earlier studies in Papua New Guinea have reported a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection. …”
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Revised concept of the genus Euryporus Erichson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) and phylogenetic significance of Staphylinini from New Guinea by Alexey Solodovnikov

“…Of these, two were transferred to different genera: Tympanophorus argentatus (Fauvel, 1881), comb. nov., from Sumatra; and Hesperus warisensis (Last, 1987), comb. nov., from New Guinea. “Euryporus” multicavus could not be placed to any of the described genera of Staphylinini and is left as incertae sedis pending a broader study of the relevant fauna of this tribe in New Guinea and adjacent regions. …”
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PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF Flindersia pimenteliana F. Muell. IN INDONESIAN PAPUA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA by Iyan Robiansyah

“… Population of Flindersia pimenteliana (Maple Silkwood) in Indonesian Papua and Papua New Guinea is severely fragmented and experiencing a continuing decline due to habitat destruction and illegal logging. …”
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Land Cover Types Differentiation through Normalized Difference Vegetation Index in the Lowland Rainforests of Papua New Guinea by David Lopez Cornelio

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The complete mitogenome of Cherax monticola (Crustacea: Decapoda:Parastacidae), a large highland crayfish from New Guinea by Gan, Han Ming, Tan, Mu Hua, Eprilurahman, Rury, Austin, Christopher M.

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Infection frequency of hepatitis C virus and IL28B haplotypes in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Kiribati by Harrison, G, Pryor, J, Malani, J, Supuri, M, Masta, A, Teriboriki, B, Toatu, T, Penny, D, Allain, J, Barnes, E, Pybus, O, Klenerman, P

“…We screened ∼2000 apparently healthy individuals from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Kiribati and found a sero-prevalence of 2.0%, 0.1% and 0%, respectively. …”