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Papua New Guinea has historically been one of the world centers for aviation and still features some of the most spectacular flying in the world. In the 1920s, Lae was the busiest airport in the world - it was there that aviators in the gold mining industry first proved that it was commercially feasible to ship cargo (and not just people) by air. In fact, Lae was where Amelia Earhart set off on her last journey.
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The indigenous population of Papua New Guinea is one of the most heterogeneous in the world. Papua New Guinea has several thousand separate communities, most with only a few hundred people. Divided by language, customs, and tradition, some of these communities have engaged in low-scale tribal conflict with their neighbors for millennia. The advent of modern weapons and modern migration into urban areas has greatly magnified the impact of this lawlessness.
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Papua New Guinea possesses some of the best dive spots in the world. About twice the amount of fish species as compared to the Red Sea, and roughly ten times as many species of corals are found here compared to the Caribbean. PNG has been rating constantly very highly with divers, as is shown by the many awards at international shows and the rodales reader awards.
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Papua New Guinea's (PNG) rainforests comprise one of the last major tropical rainforest wildernesses in the world. About 80 percent of Papua New Guinea?-131,000 square miles?-is covered by rainforest; more than half of this area is designated to be logged. The last decade has seen a major increase in industrial logging in PNG, including widespread illegal logging. Export-based logging by Asian transnational logging companies has increased dramatically. [more]
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Water quality in Papua New Guinea is within World Health Organisation standards in most towns, and bottled water is available. However, in rural areas, it's advisable to boil water at all times.
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Other major sports which have a part in the PNG sporting landscape are soccer, rugby union and, in eastern Papua, cricket. The national rugby union team have in the past attempted to qualify for the Rugby World Cup, but have yet to debut.
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