Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Dog-in-Kayak-27MZIF07S8F.htmlConceptually similarLocal School near Lake MurrayGP010NWCompleted★★★★Women Sing and PrayGP016Y8Completed★★★★Local Man in BoatGP01B4KCompleted★★★★MaggotsGP0124MCompleted★★★★Family in HutGP0WSICompleted★★★★Boy with DogGP0DC2Completed★★★★People in a KayakGP01053Completed★★★★Greenpeace Volunteers in Kubut VillageGP02SACompleted★★★★Hunter in BoatGP0IYKCompleted★★★★View AllGP0ODIDog in KayakA woman passes a hunting dog resting in a canoe on her way to church.Greenpeace document the traditions and lifestyle of indigenous people in a remote forest community. It is communities such as this one which suffer the social consequences of deforestation in the region. Logging perpetrates social problems such as poverty as local people are robbed of the valuable sources that they depend on for food, clean water and medicine. Already logging companies have acquired 70 per cent of the available forest resource in Papua New Guinea. At the request of locals, Greenpeace sets up the Global Forest Rescue Station (GFRS) to help the indigenous people with ‘boundary marking’ to protect their homeland. This will give these people more control over their land and is part of a programme of community solutions work which also involves other initiatives such as initiating self-reliance and small-scale eco-enterprises so that locals can establish their own businesses in the area.Locations:Kubut Village-Lake Murray-Melanesia-Papua New Guinea-Western ProvinceDate:12 Mar, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Natalie BehringMaximum size:5400px X 3669pxKeywords:Canoes-Children-Day-Domestic dogs-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-Kayaks-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Outdoors-Rainforests-Villages-WomenShoot:Forest Rescue Station and Village Life in Papua New GuineaThe forests in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea are under threat from illegal, unsustainable logging. Already logging companies have acquired 70 per cent of the available forest resource in Papua New Guinea, threatening local forest communities who depend on the forests for food, clean water and medicine. Greenpeace launched the Global Forest Rescue Station (GFRS) when tribes from Lake Murray invited them to help protect their ancient forest. Volunteers from all over the world set about a boundary marking over 300,000 hectares of remote forest, declaring ownership and rights to the land passed down to the tribes through the generations. The landowners were then trained in forest management as they prepare to implement new eco-forestry businesses in the area.Greenpeace document the traditions and lifestyle of indigenous people in a remote forest community. It is communities such as this one which suffer the social consequences of deforestation in the region. Logging perpetrates social problems such as poverty as local people are robbed of the valuable sources that they depend on for food, clean water and medicine. Already logging companies have acquired 70 per cent of the available forest resource in Papua New Guinea. At the request of locals, Greenpeace sets up the Global Forest Rescue Station (GFRS) to help the indigenous people with "boundary marking" to protect their homeland. This will give these people more control over their land and is part of a programme of community solutions work which also involves other initiatives such as implementing self-reliance and small-scale eco-enterprises so that locals can establish their own businesses in the area.
