New Guinea rain forests

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The New Guinea rain forests are vast, biodiverse tropical forests on and around the island of New Guinea, renowned for their high levels of endemism and relatively intact ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity hotspot
terrestrial ecosystem
tropical rainforest ecoregion
adjacentTo Arafura Sea
Coral Sea
biome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
climate humid
tropical
continent Oceania
elevationRange sea level to montane zones
faunaEndemismLevel high
floraEndemismLevel high
geologicalContext part of the Australian continental plate
hasCharacteristic evergreen vegetation
high endemism
high humidity
high rainfall
high species richness
low historical deforestation compared to many tropical regions
relatively intact ecosystems
hasConservationStatus globally important for biodiversity conservation
knownFor cultural diversity of Indigenous peoples
diverse birdlife
diverse invertebrates
diverse plant species
locatedIn Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
locatedOn New Guinea
surface form: island of New Guinea
partOf Australasian realm
surface form: Australasia

Australasian realm
Indomalayan realm
New Guinea rain forests self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Guinea Highlands region

lowland New Guinea
primaryProductivityLevel high
providesEcosystemService carbon storage
climate regulation
habitat for endemic species
water regulation
recognizedBy Conservation International
surface form: Conservation International as part of a biodiversity hotspot

WWF as globally significant ecoregions
soilType generally nutrient-poor tropical soils
supports Indigenous subsistence livelihoods
traditional ecological knowledge systems
threatenedBy agricultural expansion
infrastructure development
logging
mining
vegetationType broadleaf evergreen forest

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New Guinea rain forests partOf New Guinea rain forests self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New Guinea Highlands region
New Guinea hasMajorEcoregion New Guinea rain forests
this entity surface form: New Guinea Highlands
New Guinea hasMajorEcoregion New Guinea rain forests
this entity surface form: New Guinea lowland rain forests
Sepik River ecoregion New Guinea rain forests
this entity surface form: Northern New Guinea lowland rain forests
Acrobatidae geographicDistribution New Guinea rain forests
this entity surface form: New Guinea rainforests
Papuan Islands hasEcoregion New Guinea rain forests
this entity surface form: New Guinea lowland rain forests
Papuan Islands hasEcoregion New Guinea rain forests
this entity surface form: New Guinea montane rain forests