Locals in a Boat - Social Documentation (Papua New Guinea: 2005)

Local men in a boat on Lake Murray.
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.

Unique identifier: GP0RVM

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/09/2005

Locations: Lake Murray, Melanesia, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Western Province

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Dean Sewell

Size: 2000px × 1325px 924KB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Forest Communities Documentation in Papua New Guinea

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.

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