Click here to open feedback window. Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria 262 Agathis spathulata  Araucariaceae New Guinea kauri Distribution Papua New Guinea Habitat A species of tropical, submontane, moist, mixed, closed forest, occurring as an emergent or in groves on exposed sites between 900 - 1980m. Population Status and Trends Scattered emergents survive in small exposed groves of rainforest in the eastern highlands. Over-exploitation of the timber is a threat. Role of species in the Ecosystem No information. Threats Clear-felling/logging of the habitat Utilisation The species is a major source of timber and locally used as a fuelwood. Trade IUCN Conservation category LR/nt according to SSC Conifer Specialist Group (Farjon et al., 1996). Conservation Measures Forest Management and Silviculture References de Laubenfels, D.J. 1988. Coniferales. Flora Malesiana  series I - spermatophyta, flowering plants 10(3) Farjon, Aljos, Christopher N. Page, & Nico Schellevis. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326. Farjon, Aljos. et al. 1996. Discussions of the SSC Conifer Specialist Group involving the application of revised IUCN red list categories to conifer species. Soerianegara, I. & R.H.M.J. Lemmens (eds.). 1993. Plant Resources of South-East Asia 5(1). Timber trees: Major commercial timbers. Wageningen: Pudoc Scientific Publishers. 610 pp.