A future in the forest

Papua New Guinea's interior was unknown to the rest of the world before the 1930s; but now it has been dragged, for better and worse, into the 21st century. Words by Leah Borromeo, pictures by Brent Stirton

W hen the Akmana Gold Prospecting Company first penetrated the highlands and rainforests of Papua New Guinea in 1929, the many tribes they found were using seashells as the main form of currency. The ...

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