Saving Indonesia’s birds-of-paradise one village at a time

October 26, 2017 12:26 PM

SORONG, INDONESIA (AFP) – Deep in Indonesia’s easternmost province, a group of birdwatchers wait in earnest hoping to glimpse the renowned birds-of-paradise. Once plentiful in Papua’s jungles, rampant poaching and deforestation have devastated populations.

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