Gabriel Fito & Anton Huafolo; 6/6/08
The increasing population in Papua New Guinea is the biggest threat to the environment, a senior forestry officer in East Sepik has said.Speaking to students of Brandi Secondary School on the occasion of World Environment Day yesterday, David Murray said increased population is the number one threat because the people are responsible for the destruction of the environment. Mr Murray said 99% of the land in PNG is owned by the people themselves and therefore it is hard for the Government to protect the environment. He said the environment was being destroyed by bush fires, gardening and the common logging activities at the request of the landowners while Government agencies do very little or nothing do something about this.
See; http://www.thenational.com.pg/060608/nation6.php
Tags: Environment, PNG, Population