1000 New Species Found in Papua New Guinea
27 Juni 2011
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LONDON - A variety of animals, birds, fish, insects and plants in Papua New Guinea by the number of 1000 species have been identified by scientists, ranging from 1998 to 2008, so says a new report.
As quoted from the Guardian on Monday (6/27/2011), approximately 1060 new species of mammals, fish and birds have been identified by scientists in research for 10 years.
The report named the Final Frontier, which was issued simultaneously by the WWF as part of the celebration of the fiftieth year, showed a report on new plants and animals and rare throughout the world.
Several new species discovered in Papua New Guinea, among others, is 2.5 meter shark river, the frog with fangs, and others.
"The world is full of things that are fantastic creatures, the more we explore, the more new things as well that we find," said Dr Mark Wright, Conservation Adviser of the WWF.
The most surprising thing in the long list of shark it was the invention of the river with a large enough size. The shark named Glyphis Garricki, after being discovered by experts from New Zealand, Jack Garrick. The fish was immediately entered into the list of endangered animals.
Wright said that in fact the whole region of the world rich in biodiversity, depending on how deeply the human study.
Papua New Guinea is a region known as the 'coral triangle', a region with the richest marine ecosystems in the world. In a period of 10 years to the study, 33 new species of fish found, 218 new plant species, 43 reptiles, 12 mammals, 134 amphibians, two new species of birds and others.
Papua New Guinea is the largest pualu second largest in the world, after Greenland. Nevertheless Ppaua island is divided into two, namely Papua New Guinea and Indonesia's Papua. Papua New Guinea also has the third largest rainforest in the world, and became the home of 8 percent of the world's species.
As quoted from the Guardian on Monday (6/27/2011), approximately 1060 new species of mammals, fish and birds have been identified by scientists in research for 10 years.
The report named the Final Frontier, which was issued simultaneously by the WWF as part of the celebration of the fiftieth year, showed a report on new plants and animals and rare throughout the world.
Several new species discovered in Papua New Guinea, among others, is 2.5 meter shark river, the frog with fangs, and others.
"The world is full of things that are fantastic creatures, the more we explore, the more new things as well that we find," said Dr Mark Wright, Conservation Adviser of the WWF.
The most surprising thing in the long list of shark it was the invention of the river with a large enough size. The shark named Glyphis Garricki, after being discovered by experts from New Zealand, Jack Garrick. The fish was immediately entered into the list of endangered animals.
Wright said that in fact the whole region of the world rich in biodiversity, depending on how deeply the human study.
Papua New Guinea is a region known as the 'coral triangle', a region with the richest marine ecosystems in the world. In a period of 10 years to the study, 33 new species of fish found, 218 new plant species, 43 reptiles, 12 mammals, 134 amphibians, two new species of birds and others.
Papua New Guinea is the largest pualu second largest in the world, after Greenland. Nevertheless Ppaua island is divided into two, namely Papua New Guinea and Indonesia's Papua. Papua New Guinea also has the third largest rainforest in the world, and became the home of 8 percent of the world's species.
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