Question

What makes New Guinea Rainforest so special?

Answer 1

New Guinea, the second largest island in the world, is home to one of the last great expanses of tropical rainforest as well as some of the world's most traditional forest dwellers, some of whom have had little or no contact with the outside world (44 groups in Indonesian Papua are estimated remain uncontacted). The island is also rich with natural resources including timber, minerals, and offshore fisheries and energy deposits. 

Answer 2

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It covers less than 0.5% of the world's land area yet contains at least 5% of the world's species; 2/3 of which are unique to the island. More orchid species are found here than any other place on Earth. Rising at more than 5000m, New Guinea's Puncak Jaya (Mt Carstensz) is the highest point in the southwest Pacific.