Indonesian State Police (Polisi Negara Republic Indonesia)
PP
government regulation (Peraturan Pemerintah)
ppm
parts per million
PPNS
Civil Service Investigation Office (Penyidik Pegawai Negeri Sipil)
PSP
Priority-setting Program (of CI)
PSW
Priority-setting Workshop (of CI)
Psu
practical salinity units
QIMR
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Queensland, Aus- tralia
RACE
Rapid Assessment for Conservation and Economy (of CI)
RAP
Rapid Assessment Program (of CI)
REPELITA
Five-year Development Plan (Rencana Pembangunan Lima Tahun)
RePPProT
Regional Physical Planning Program for Transmigration, ROI
RI
Republic of Indonesia (also ROI)
RMAP
Resource Management in Asia-Pacific
RNH
Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, The Nether- lands; formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie
ROI
Republic of Indonesia (also RI)
RSA
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Herbarium, Claremont, California, USA (Herbarium)
SEC
south equatorial current
SK
decree (Surat Keputusan)
SKSHH
certificate that logs were legally obtained (Surat Keterangan Sahnya Hasil Hutan)
SPP
investigation warrant (Surat Perintah Penyidikan), also known as SP2 or SPRINT
SPPP
letter of termination of investigation (Surat Perintah Penghen- tian Penyidikan), also known as SP3
SSC
IUCN Species Survival Commission
SST
sea surface temperature
TAC
total allowable catch
TL
thermo-luminescence (archeological dating technique)
TMDU
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
TNC
The Nature Conservancy
TNI
Indonesian National Army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia)
TNS
National Science Museum, Tsukuba, Japan (Herbarium)
TNWP
Tri-National Wetlands Program
Trikora
People's Threefold Command (Tri Komando Rakyat)
UC
University of California Herbarium, Berkeley, California, USA (Herbarium)
UNCEN
Cenderawasih University (Universitas Cenderawasih), Jaya- pura, Papua, Indonesia
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNEP
United Nations Environmental Program
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza- tion
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNIPA
State University of Papua (Universitas Negeri Papua), Ma- nokwari, Papua, Indonesia
UniTech
University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, PNG
UNTEA
United Nations Temporary Executive Authority
UPNG
University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, PNG (Her- barium)
UPT
Technical Implementation Units, Indonesia (Unit Pelaksana Teknis)
USNM
United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA
UU
law (Undang-Undang)
WALHI
Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia)
WCMC
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP)
WCS
Wildlife Conservation Society
WEI
Wau Ecology Institute, Wau, Morobe Province, PNG; formerly Bishop Museum Field Station
WHO
World Health Organization
WMA
Wildlife Management Areas, PNG
WPWP
Western Pacific Warm Pool
WRI
World Resources Institute
WRSL
Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland (Herbarium)
WSPCW
Western South Pacific Central Water
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature; World Wildlife Fund in USA
YALI
The Papua Environment Foundation (Yayasan Lingkungan Hidup Papua)
YPMD
Irian Jaya Rural Community Development Foundation (Yaya- san Pengembangan Masyarakat Desa)
SECTION FIVE
Natural Ecosystems
5.1. The Diversity and Conservation of Papua’s Ecosystems
ANDREW J. MARSHALL
THE TERM ‘‘ECOSYSTEM’’ refers to a biological community and its physical environment. Sir Arthur Tansley, an English botanist who was a pioneer in the study of plant ecology, coined the term in 1935 in recognition of the fact that a true understanding of ecological processes requires
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