Activity report

generated January 2021 Papua New Guinea This report provides a series of summary charts, statistics and other details about the mobilization and use of open-access species data through the GBIF network, relating to users and participating institutions in Papua New Guinea. These metrics show status at the time of report generation, unless otherwise noted. Taken together, the elements of this report can help guide and measure progress toward the information needs for biodiversity research, as well as for national commitments on biodiversity and sustainable development.

▶ Access and usage

Researchers from Papua New Guinea

contributed to 0 peer-reviewed articles citing GBIF use during 2020 and a total of 2 articles since 2008

▶ Data availability in Papua New Guinea

Animalia Plantae Fungi Unknown 875,989 548,000 28,514 12,627 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

Protozoa Bacteria Virus Chromista Archaea 397 2,030 2,030 22,153 12 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

▶ Data mobilization

Institutions from Papua New Guinea

published 65,637 new occurrence records during 2020 out of a total of 268,835,604 occurrence records added globally to GBIF.org Number of records published by institutions in Papua New Guinea, categorized by kingdom 2 | 6

Access and usage Data downloads on GBIF.org from users in Papua New Guinea

Users from Papua New Guinea

made 4 download requests representing 0.0% of all downloads during 2020

Monthly downloads requested by users in Papua New Guinea

Recent peer-reviewed articles using GBIF-mediated data by co-authors based in Papua New Guinea

The GBIF Secretariat maintains and reports on an ongoing literature tracking programme, giving priority to substantive uses of GBIF- mediated data in peer-reviewed literature while identifying the countries or areas of the authors’ institutional affiliations. The citations below represent the five most recent journal articles with at least one co-author from Papua New Guinea.

Those interested in assisting the Secretariat in identifying additional peer-reviewed uses of GBIF-mediated data may forward relevant citations to [email protected].

Longenecker. (2016) First report of teardrop , isacanthus (: : Nemipteridae), from the Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2016.46.2.08

Kolesik, Butterill. (2014) New gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from See all research from this country or area Papua New Guinea. Austral Entomology. gbif.org/country/PG/publications https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12095 3 | 6

Data availability Total data available for selected taxonomic groups in Papua New Guinea

Mammals Birds Bony Amphibians 70,666 305,504 44,042 80,828 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

Insects Reptiles Molluscs 120,238 92,128 93,240 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Arachnids Flowering Gymnosper Ferns 5,910 plants ms 72,841 occurrences 412,056 6,742 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Mosses Sac fungi Basidiomycota 32,779 25,148 3,200 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Mammals = Class Mammalia Insects = Class Insecta Flowering plants = Phylum Ferns = Phylum Pteridophyta Birds = Class Aves Reptiles = Class Reptilia Magnoliophyta Mosses = Phylum Bryophyta Bony fish = Superclass Molluscs = Phylum Mollusca Gymnosperms = Superclass Sac fungi = Phylum Ascomycota Osteichthyes Arachnids = Class Arachnida Gymnospermae Basidiomycota = Phylum Amphibians = Class Amphibia Basidiomycota

Change over time in records about biodiversity in Papua New Guinea

Occurrence records available about species occurring Species for which at least one occurrence record is in Papua New Guinea available in Papua New Guinea

WHY MIGHT THE AMOUNT OF MOBILIZED DATA SPECIES COUNTS represent the number of binomial scientific DECREASE? names for which GBIF has received data records, organized as far Datasets are sometimes removed by publishers, but more often as possible using synonyms recorded in key databases like the decreases in the number of records are due to the removal of Catalogue of Life duplicate records and datasets. 4 | 6

Most recent datasets from publishers in Papua New Guinea

PNG Invasive Species. Published by National Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority https://doi.org/10.15468/fbnhbw

See all datasets from this country or area: gbif.org/dataset/search?publishing_country=PG

Newest publishers from Papua New Occurrence records downloaded from Guinea GBIF.org, published by institutions in Papua New Guinea

National Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority

Number of occurrence records downloaded via See all publishers from this country or area GBIF.org published by institutions in Papua New Guinea gbif.org/publisher/search?country=PG 5 | 6

Data mobilization Data sharing with country or area of origin by national institutions in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

publishes data from 1 countries, territories and islands including 231,733 occurrences in 2 occurrence datasets Data sharing with country or area of origin

The chart above shows the number of records shared over time by publishers within Papua New Guinea, with separate colours for records about species occurring within undefined and those occurring elsewhere.

Top data contributors about biodiversity Top datasets contributing data about in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Rank Country or area No. of occurrences EOD - eBird Observation Dataset. 231,682 occurrences in Papua New Guinea. (Last updated 30 Jun 2020) 1 Australia 401,979 Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Botany. 150,802 2 United States of America 392,592 occurrences in Papua New Guinea. (Last updated 17 3 Papua New Guinea 231,732 Jan 2021)

4 Netherlands 158,656 Plants of Papua New Guinea. 131,917 occurrences in Papua New Guinea. (Last updated 28 Feb 2018) 5 United Kingdom 76,907

6 France 52,866 CANB AVH data. 95,109 occurrences in Papua New Guinea. (Last updated 7 Jan 2021) 7 Belgium 40,254 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 8 Germany 30,641 78,673 occurrences in Papua New Guinea. (Last 9 Japan 10,731 updated 27 Jan 2021)

10 New Caledonia 10,004

Table 1. Ranking of countries or areas contributing data about Papua New Guinea

See all contributing countries and areas or datasets: gbif.org/country/PG/about 6 | 6

Papua New Guinea participates in the following projects coordinated by GBIF

Databasing and documenting the Papua New Guinea National Herbarium BID: Biodiversity Information for Development, 2017–2018 This project will continue the digitization of the 300,000 specimens held in the Papua New Guinea National Herbarium. https://www.gbif.org/project/83275

See all GBIF projects gbif.org/resource/search?contentType=project