The Voice of the Land of Unexpected
59Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea lies In the North of Australia and to east of Indonesia. It is second largest island in the world after Greenland. It is known as the Babel of the modern time with over 800 languages with their own specific and distinct languages and traditions, It has prestine waters and untoched coral reefs and rugged mountains. It virgin forests are some of the few rainforests remained in the world. The colour and beauty of the place are reflect in its people and their life style.
The relationship between the environement and people so close and intimate that land beocmes a theistic. The land feed, cares and heals the people. People hold their land, its vegetation as imporatant to their livelihood. Modern economics saw developer come in to develop the place. With the development the serenity and harmony between the enviroment and people are disturbed. Trees are cut in huge numbers, mining companies dug husge its to find gold, fish are caught in huge nets very much to both amazement of the people and as well as anger of the people. After many years of the exploitation you find the environment, land, habitat spoiled and people getting poorer. They are left to waste away while the politicians and the company executives in the so called developed countires live in heaven on earthly bliss. Now the nature retaliate: You have global warming! The big countries jumbing up and down telling to save our forest. " Why should we? Let us all die together. It is about time we should cut our trees and make money and improve our lives. Can anybody there hear us?






