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Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae Palm Oil Detectives

Elusive, forest-dwelling apex predators in New Guinea, Papuan eagles are classified as vulnerable and rapidly declining due to enormous deforestation for mining and palm oil in Papua New Guinea and West Papua along with hunting threats. They are poorly studied birds and therefore estimates of their populations may be severely overestimated, meaning that they are in much more serious strife than we know. While there have probably never been high densities of the Papuan eagle, evidence indicates