Papua New Guinea will "immediately" lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation's climate minister told ...

A volcanic island geographically isolated by impenetrable lowland jungle and choppy waters, Papua New Guinea lies a mere 5 degrees south of the Equator. Astonishingly, PNG is also one of the ...

Papua New Guinea's National Disaster Management Office ... Sitting just south of the equator, the area gets frequent heavy rains. This year has seen intense rainfall and flooding.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A tsunami warning was canceled for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was shallow ...

A volcanic island geographically isolated from its nearest neighbours by impenetrable jungle and choppy waters, and lying a mere five degrees south of the Equator, Papua New Guinea is one of the ...

Australia is Papua New Guinea's near neighbor and most generous ... Situated just south of the equator, the area frequently experiences heavy rainfall, and this year has seen intense rainfall ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off the coast of the New Britain region in Papua New Guinea, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday.

Most countries in Oceania are south of the Equator. Oceania is made up of ... The north of Oceania has a tropical climate, like in Papua New Guinea. There can be monsoons in the wet season as ...

A strong, 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Solomon Sea on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. A “tsunami threat” was issued for some parts of the coast of Papua New ...