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THE FUTURE OF RAINFOREST PEOPLES — Papua New Guinea Working Group — (FRP—PNG) |
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FRP-PNG research focuses primarily in two sites, which were selected with respect to their local, national and global relevance:
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research is geared to the specific situation at each site through a long-term ethnographic study with local people |
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national |
research is incorporated into a national research initiative, through recommendations and the use of methods of the National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea |
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global |
research is part of the worldwide comparative research programme APFT / FRP, which makes sites in Papua New Guinea complementary to other sites in rainforest areas around the world. |
The following table presents an overview over characteristics and complementarity of the two Sites of Intensive Interdisciplinary Research in Papua New Guinea. Please click the specific links for further information:
| some categories for comparison of sites and issues experienced by local people |
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| Altitude | Lowlands (less than 400m) | Mid-altitude (400-1000m) | ||
| Geography | Not mountainous | Mountainous | ||
| Proximity to town | Within walking distance (hours) from a town (Vanimo) | Isolated (days) from towns | ||
| Infrastructure | Road network—decaying and unreliable | No roads, some airstrips, some canoes | ||
| Logging | Logging already carried out and in process | Negotiations with logging companies | ||
| Conservation | Provincial government interested in establishing protected areas, but none so far in Province | Nationally protected area across the region; ‘Integrated Conservation and Development’ project | ||
| Language |
widespread use of the Lingua franca (Tok Pisin);
Krisa Village as linguistic enclave, where the vernacular is threatened |
Almost exclusive use of the vernacular. |