Papua New Guinea

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Threatened

1,148

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

271

CR

Endemic Threatened

693

Found only here

Declining

42%

485 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 1,148 threatened species

CR 271
EN 484
VU 393
CR: 271
EN: 484
VU: 393
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened species by group

plants736 threatened
fishes130 threatened
corals93 threatened
mammals51 threatened
birds34 threatened
molluscs29 threatened
amphibians28 threatened
insects14 threatened
fungi13 threatened
reptiles11 threatened
other invertebrates6 threatened
crustaceans3 threatened
Top Threats in Papua New Guinea
1.Logging & wood harvesting745 species
2.Annual & perennial non-timber crops606 species
3.Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources311 species
4.Mining & quarrying169 species
5.Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases162 species
6.Habitat shifting & alteration153 species
7.Housing & urban areas131 species
8.Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)120 species
9.Problematic native species/diseases101 species
10.Agricultural & forestry effluents90 species
Endemic Spotlight

693 endemic threatened species found only here

Endemic data will be available after full ingestion

All Species in Papua New Guinea (1,148)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Litsea globosaVUplants—
Syzygium insulareVUplants↓
Millettia velvetinaENplants—
Mucuna hooglandiiENplants—
Macgregoria pulchraVUbirds↓
Myristica mediterraneaVUplants—
Montipora floridaENcorals↓
Crudia blancoiENplants↓
Actinodaphne archboldianaCRplants—
Actinodaphne brassiiENplants—
Accipiter princepsVUbirds↓
Bathyacmaea jonassoniENmolluscs—
Lepetodrilus schrolliCRmolluscs—
Paralepetopsis rosemariaeCRmolluscs—
Phreagena edisonensisCRmolluscs—
Phymorhynchus wareniENmolluscs—
Pliocardia crenulomarginataCRmolluscs—
Puncturella solisCRmolluscs—
Pyropelta bohleiCRmolluscs—
Shinkailepas tollmanniENmolluscs—
Shinkailepas tufariENmolluscs—
Symmetromphalus hageniCRmolluscs—
Waisiuconcha heliosCRmolluscs—
Acropora batunaiVUcorals↓
Montipora palawanensisENcorals↓
Acropora lutkeniENcorals↓
Acropora halmaheraeENcorals↓
Musa bomanENplants↓
Leptachirus bensbachENfishes—
Vitex scandensVUplants—
Cryptocarya allenianaVUplants—
Cryptocarya bernhardiensisENplants—
Cryptocarya ledermanniiVUplants—
Cryptocarya medicinalisCRplants—
Cryptocarya palmerensisENplants—
Cryptocarya renicarpaENplants—
Cryptocarya schoddeiVUplants—
Allomogurnda multicinctaCRfishes↓
Mogurnda kutubuensisENfishes↓
Glossogobius macrocephalusVUfishes—
Sicyopterus ocellarisVUfishes—
Hephaestus raymondiCRfishes—
Chilatherina pagwiensisENfishes→
Melanotaenia novaeguineaeVUfishes→
Melanotaenia caeruleaVUfishes↓
Melanotaenia mubiensisENfishes—
Montipora hodgsoniENcorals↓
Acropora turakiENcorals↓
Pachyseris gemmaeVUcorals↓
Montipora orientalisENcorals↓
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