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The Wopkaimin are a small aboriginal tribe that lives in the remote Star Mountains in western Papua New Guinea in what is known as the Fly River socio-ecological region. The tribe speaks Faiwol. The Ok Tedi Mine, the third largest open pit copper and gold mine in the world is located in their traditional territory. Before the coming of the mine with construction starting in 1981 the Wopkaimin lived in a subsistence economy. The mine severely impacted the tribe, totally disrupting their traditional patterns of life. For one thing, Tabubil a town of 12,500 to house mine workers was built in the midst of their territory. Work for wages was available to tribal members, but only at the unskilled level and not on a regular basis. The Wopkaimin along with many other ethnic groups living in the ar

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  • Les Wopkaimin forment une petite tribu aborigène aux alentours du fleuve Fly dans les monts Star dans l'ouest de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. Au nombre de 700 en à la fin des années 1980, ils occupent un territoire de près de 1 000 km2. Les Wopkaimin s'expriment en faiwol, une des langues ok-oksapmin parlée par environ 4 500 personnes en 1987. Seuls les hommes participent à la vie rituelle. La mine d'Ok Tedi — troisième exploitation à ciel ouvert d'or et de cuivre au monde — est creusée sur leur territoire, avec de multiples conséquences délétères pour l'écosystème et les populations autochtones : depuis le début de son exploitation en 1981 la tribu a abandonné son économie de subsistance et son mode de vie traditionnel. Au centre de leur territoire une ville-dortoir pour les mineurs s'est construite, Tabubil. Les Wopkaimin trouvent parfois à la mine des emplois précaires et non qualifiés : beaucoup d'entre eux vivent à cheval sur leur village traditionnel et la ville de Tabubil au gré des appels de main-d'œuvre. En 1970 l'anthropologue David Hyndman découvre en étudiant la tribu une nouvelle espèce de chauve-souris, l'Aproteles bulmerae. Considérée comme éteinte depuis, des spécimens en ont été repérés en 1992 dans l'immense (en). (fr)
  • The Wopkaimin are a small aboriginal tribe that lives in the remote Star Mountains in western Papua New Guinea in what is known as the Fly River socio-ecological region. The tribe speaks Faiwol. The Ok Tedi Mine, the third largest open pit copper and gold mine in the world is located in their traditional territory. Before the coming of the mine with construction starting in 1981 the Wopkaimin lived in a subsistence economy. The mine severely impacted the tribe, totally disrupting their traditional patterns of life. For one thing, Tabubil a town of 12,500 to house mine workers was built in the midst of their territory. Work for wages was available to tribal members, but only at the unskilled level and not on a regular basis. The Wopkaimin along with many other ethnic groups living in the area now live on a rotating basis between the town of Tabubil, roadside villages along the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway, and in villages away from the mine as jobs are lost or become available. In 1992 a species of bat, Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) previously thought extinct was discovered to still live in , an enormous cave above the in their territory. This bat was first discovered in the 1970s by David Hyndman, who studied the Wopkaimin. However the contemporaneous introduction of the shotgun was thought to have resulted in the extinction of the species. (en)
  • 沃普凱敏人(Wopkaimin people)是一支居住在巴布亞紐幾內亞弗萊河流域的原住民族,屬於山地歐克人的一支,講。 沃普凱敏人早期行自給自足生活。1981年的設立,使他們的生活方式受到巨大的衝擊。 (zh)
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  • 沃普凱敏人(Wopkaimin people)是一支居住在巴布亞紐幾內亞弗萊河流域的原住民族,屬於山地歐克人的一支,講。 沃普凱敏人早期行自給自足生活。1981年的設立,使他們的生活方式受到巨大的衝擊。 (zh)
  • Les Wopkaimin forment une petite tribu aborigène aux alentours du fleuve Fly dans les monts Star dans l'ouest de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée. Au nombre de 700 en à la fin des années 1980, ils occupent un territoire de près de 1 000 km2. Les Wopkaimin s'expriment en faiwol, une des langues ok-oksapmin parlée par environ 4 500 personnes en 1987. Seuls les hommes participent à la vie rituelle. (fr)
  • The Wopkaimin are a small aboriginal tribe that lives in the remote Star Mountains in western Papua New Guinea in what is known as the Fly River socio-ecological region. The tribe speaks Faiwol. The Ok Tedi Mine, the third largest open pit copper and gold mine in the world is located in their traditional territory. Before the coming of the mine with construction starting in 1981 the Wopkaimin lived in a subsistence economy. The mine severely impacted the tribe, totally disrupting their traditional patterns of life. For one thing, Tabubil a town of 12,500 to house mine workers was built in the midst of their territory. Work for wages was available to tribal members, but only at the unskilled level and not on a regular basis. The Wopkaimin along with many other ethnic groups living in the ar (en)
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  • Wopkaimin (fr)
  • Wopkaimin people (en)
  • 沃普凱敏人 (zh)
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