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The plumage of birds-of-paradise and parrots adorn traditional costumes and ornaments. Image by Valerie Hukalo via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
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For millennia, hunting has been a prestigious and traditional activity in many Papua New Guinean cultures. With an increase in Western education and economic opportunities, there’s been a decline in young Papua New Guineans’ skills in hunting and traditional ecological knowledge, a recent study suggests. This decline in hunting skills and loss of generational ecological knowledge may impact conservation efforts in the country...

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