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.
All labels observed (7)
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Guinea Highlands region
this entity surface form:
New Guinea Highlands
this entity surface form:
New Guinea lowland rain forests
this entity surface form:
Northern New Guinea lowland rain forests
this entity surface form:
New Guinea rainforests
this entity surface form:
New Guinea lowland rain forests
this entity surface form:
New Guinea montane rain forests