RAJA AMPAT
Kajak Ekspedition 2008
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Search of unknown spices
Hav-expedition I en
Asiens mest isolerede øgrupper Raja Empat - Filmprojekt og artikler til
Politiken Vi Rejser.
Bare
Nyligt udlagt som nationalpark er dette unike sted et område som hurtigst muligt bør dokumenteres på billeder og video, da truslerne fra en hastigt voksende fiskeindustri fra bl.a. Kina og Taiwan allerede nu er store. Som altid er også de indfødte under hårdt pres fra den omgivende verden, og det må forudsiges at deres traditionelle levevis vil ændres dramatisk indenfor den nærmeste fremtid.
Vi vil besøge disse folk, ligesom vi vil dokumenentere så mange arter af fisk og andre dyr, som muligt.
Raja
Ampat
Located
off the northwest tip of Bird's
Raja
Ampat's pristine beauty, both above the water and below the water, is truly
unrivalled. Its remote location and lack of infrastructure have inhibited the
growth of tourism. This area's staggering abundance of marine life is due in
part to its incredibly low human population density. Beneath the dense jungle
canopy, the islands are primarily karst limestone, which are dry, inhospitable,
and overwhelmingly vertical. The few resident Papuans are mainly a subsistence
society, exploiting a variety of resources to meet their basic needs. Fishing is
only one of these resources, and they continue to employ traditional, low-impact
fishing techniques, using a hook and line from dug-out canoes.
Papua was resently on the news in the Netherlands, they high-lighted the area as the most unprecedented fish area of this planet. The discoveries where made bij "Conservation International" http://www.conservation.org/explore/priority_areas/oceans/Pages/birdshead.aspx).