EEP Crowned pigeon number 4

EEP STUDBOOK CROWNED PIGEONS
In 1975 the government and local people created the Pokili Wildlife Management Area.
Hunting the birds themselves is now forbidden; only landowners can take eggs, and
harvesting is prohibited in August to allow sufficient young birds to hatch and maintain the
population. Since 1975 a further rule has been introduced, restricting egg collecting at just
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The rules are set and enforced by a committee of local
elders (Nightingale, 1993)
Another problem for Papua New Guinea is the attitudes of the people of Papua New Guinea.
This point has also been seen by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Julius Chan:
We tell ourselves we are a country rich in natural resources, but we fool each other, if we
think that those resources represent tangible wealth when they stand still on the land or lie idle
in the ground.
Of course we are a potentially rich nation, but we will never realize that potential, unless we
exploit what nature has given us and harvest it in a sustainable manner. (Campbell-Jones,
1995).
There are still a lot of problems with local tribes in Papua New Guinea, especially in
Bougainville. On this island the gold mines are closed and there is a high rate of
unemployment and consequently a high crime rate. The people there are very unsatisfied with
their situation and sometimes they try to start a civil war in Papua New Guinea, but until now
they never succeeded.
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