December 2011
OMR - Pukapuka - a wonderful island, with warm and friendly people that needs urgent help
OMR - Pukapuka - a wonderful island, with warm and friendly people that needs urgent help Pukapuka is the most isolated of the northern Cook Islands, situated more than 1000 Km north of Rarotonga (Raro for the local people). The Escape magazine (www.escapemagazine.travel) issue 14 june 2011 called it "splendid isolation". They say the people live "in harmony with the environment" and that biodiversity and food resources are always being protected. While this is true for the food resources whose consumption and repopulation is controlled, we found a different situation about the environment, the lifestyle in relation with it and as consequence of the change from the traditional life to the modern life brought many problems that require immediate attention.
