Some of the people we work with are amongst the last nomadic hunter gatherers in PNG, and the continue to live in these caves with stencils and images that date back, we believe, 20,000 years. As yet we haven’t had the expertise to confirm their age, but they are very similar to caves found in Borneo and Western Australia which have been dated to that era. Our efforts are fully endorsed by the National Museum and Art Gallery in Port Moresby, and we have written numerous articles on their importance. The National Geographic Society, which assists us with small grants, published a story about the Meakambut people in the Februaru 2012 magazine.

A company called Pristine No 18, which is partly owned by Rimbunam Hijau, has now applied for an ELA 2008 covering the majority of these historic caves and the rainforest where the Meakambut still live and thrive. But the Meakambut and the entire Penale tribe are adamantly against the exploration. They know that once Pristine #18 has invested in exploration, they will find it impossible to evict them from their lands and forests.

Even then Anton was a 10 yr old boy dedicated to the land and people of Papua New Guinea. He was proud of where he lived and the people that were in his life. He still is with his work today.

Yhis mass destruction of a pristine land and people must be stopped and re-evaluated. These people are totally innocent to the outside world save their want for survival of their culture and generations to come. This will cease should this operation be allowed to proceed.
There will always be the greed in our society but the question is always how much is too much when it involves a destruction of a culture and a people.