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New Guinea lies to the North of Australia and East of Indonesia.  PNG is considered a medium to high risk environment, for CPP operations.  The norm for Western people living in this area is residing in a secure compound, behind fences, dogs, and security employee's or systems.  Panic rooms are almost mandatory, especially for compounds with women. 

There are a number of foreign owned mines, and extractive industries (e.g.oil and gas) operating in the area.  These operate with their own security, to meet local conditions.

Vehicles often travel in convoy, for protection.  Doors are locked, and weapons may be carried.  Roads outside the built up area are of mediocre standard.  Travel to some of the area's and islands, such as parts of Bouganville, is not recommended.  The land to the West is under Indonesian control and is knows as West Pupua or the Papua Province.  Travel to this area is restricted.

Traveling by air also carries a higher risk due to mountainous terrain, jungles and variable weather.  The area also has exceptional fishing, and a diverse history.  For the adventurous tourist attractions include the Kokoda Track (or Kokoda Trail). 

The country suffers from high crime rates in the built up area's, it also suffers from allegations of corruption.  Disputes involving firearms and machetes may arise around area's where people congregate such as markets. 

Be aware that there is a high incidents oh HIV/AIDS in the local population of New Guinea. 

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Information about Papua New Guinea (pronounced /ˈpæpuːə njuː ˈɡɪni/ ( listen) PAP-oo-ə new-GIN-ee, also /ˈpɑːpuːə/ PAH-poo-ə or /ˈpæpjuːə/ PAP-yew-ə; Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini) (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is a part of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua).

It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. The capital is Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, with over 850 indigenous languages and at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of just under 7 million. It is also one of the most rural, with only 18% of its people living in urban centres.The country is one of the world's least explored, culturally and geographically, and many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in the interior of Papua New Guinea.

The majority of the population lives in traditional societies and practise subsistence-based agriculture. These societies and clans have some explicit acknowledgement within the nation's constitutional framework. The PNG Constitution (Preamble 5(4)) expresses the wish for traditional villages and communities to remain as viable units of Papua New Guinean society,and for active steps to be taken in their preservation. The PNG legislature has enacted various laws in which a type of tenure called "customary land title" is recognised, meaning that the traditional lands of the indigenous peoples have some legal basis to inalienable tenure. This customary land notionally covers most of the usable land in the country (some 97% of total land area);alienated land is either held privately under State Lease or is government land.

Freehold Title (also known as fee simple) can only be held by Papua New Guinea citizens. After being ruled by three external powers since 1884, Papua New Guinea gained its independence from Australia in 1975. It remains a realm of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Papua New Guinea. Many people live in extreme poverty, with about one third of the population living on less than US$1.25 per day.

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