Trobriand Islands rain forests
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The Trobriand Islands rain forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of southeastern Papua New Guinea.[2] [3] [4] [5]
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Trobriand Islands rain forests | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Australasian |
Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
Geography | |
Area | 4,662 km2 (1,800 sq mi) |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Province | Milne Bay Province |
Coordinates | 9.53°S 150.66°E / -9.53; 150.66 |
Conservation | |
Conservation status | vulnerable |
Protected | 259 km² (6%)[1] |
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The islands of this ecoregion have been separated from mainland New Guinea since the Late Pleistocene, and much of the biota is unique, including four mammal species and two birds-of-paradise plant species. The ecoregion covers 1,600 square miles (4,100 km2).[2]