The people of the undeveloped world are clamouring for access
to the advantages that we enjoy.

The people of the undeveloped world are clamouring for access to the advantages that we enjoy.
This is perhaps the single biggest threat to the world’s wild places. The people of those regions are
prone to making poorly informed decisions in their hurried attempts to provide the basics of a
modern lifestyle like medicine, education and travel opportunities. To that end, the overtures of
loggers and miners have held great sway as they promise the world and subsequently take the
world from under the native populations’ feet, leaving nothing but poverty and destruction in their
wake. Many native people are very aware of this potentially disastrous outcome and are desperate
to uncover sustainable solutions to their economic dilemma.

TrekOceania developed out of an attempt to introduce a sustainable economic model to a people
on the verge of deciding the future of their landscape and culture.
As a result of our involvement in a now famous BBC documentary expedition to the area, a
conversation developed between us and the chiefs of the Kosua tribe. With input from development
economists and experts from the education and tourism sectors we identified various options
which might support a sustainable local economy.
Many years of experience in the fields of education, eco-tourism and media production has
convinced us of the value of organised wilderness and cultural experiences in the shaping of opinions
that will help to guide us towards a sustainable future.