The New Guinea Challenge

An introduction to the natural history, societies, conservation and sustainable development of the New Guinea region prepared by CSIRO Australia for the Moore Foundation, 2003
This pictorial review will show:
•how Earth history has given these islands immense biological and mineral riches;
•why the plants and animals are of outstanding value for science and natural history;
•the enormous diversity of human cultures developed over the last30,000 years;
•the footprints of human society and infrastructure that lie over the entire landscape;
•agricultural land industrial developments that impact on many ecosystems; and
•the combined footprints of the widespread developing human societies and conservation areas (both existing and proposed) forming a complex mosaic of residential, development and conservation interests, even at a broad scale.
Any successful strategy to maintain viable communities of the fascinating and valuable plants and animals of the New Guinea region will require
(1)the best scientifically-based landscape management plans for both conservation
and production, and (2)feasible plans for economic and social developments that
meet the needs and aspirations of local landowners and residents.

澳大利亚 CSIRO 为摩尔基金会编制的关于新几内亚地区自然史、社会、保护与可持续发展的介绍。本图解综述将展示以下内容：
•地球历史如何赋予这些岛屿丰富的生物和矿产资源；
•为何植物和动物在科学和自然史领域具有卓越的价值；
•过去30,000年间人类文化所展现的巨大多样性；
•人类社会与基础设施在整个景观中的印记；
•农业用地与工业发展对众多生态系统的影响；以及
•广泛发展的人类社会与保护区（包括现有和拟议的）所形成的复杂拼贴画，即使在宏观尺度上也交织着居住、开发和保护利益。任何旨在维持新几内亚地区迷人且珍贵的植物和动物种群的成功策略，将需（1）制定最优秀的基于科学原理的景观管理计划，以兼顾保护和生产；（2）制定切实可行的经济和社会发展计划，以满足当地土地所有者和居民的需求与愿望。