<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 71%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 28%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; pollution from mining projects
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> some active volcanoes; frequent earthquakes
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber; signed, but not ratified—Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast