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