Ulla lohmann biography of william

GERMANY • BORN IN 1977

NEW BRITAIN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE VOLCANOES
A culture at risk

Ten years ago, the province of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea was heavily forested. Over 98% of its primary forest was still intact. Now, however, increased logging – to clear land for oil palm plantations – has exacerbated the loss of forest cover.

Ulla Lohmann: „Ein Bild muss eine Geschichte erzählen“

Before 2008, the area lost each year was around 3,600 hectares. But deforestation has increased exponentially over the last 20 years. Nearly 20,000 hectares are now sacrificed every year. In all, it is estimated that New Britain lost 10% of its tree cover between 2001 and 2020 – nearly 60% of which is considered to be primary forest.

Photographer Ulla Lohmann is well with New Britain, so named because the island was discovered in 1700 by British explorer William Dampier.

She first went there in 2001, on her first trip to the region, and immediately fell in love with the landscapes, the volcanoes that dot the land, the people (Austronesians Festival La Gacilly: Australia & Beyond | Photo Article XOQI