The impact of hunting on Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria: columbidae) in the rainforests of Northern Papua, Indonesia

Indonesia is known as one of the richest biodiversity countries in the world, with the most complex ecosystems (Petocz 1987). The country covers only 1.3% area of the globe, but it possesses about 10% species of flowering plants, 12% of mammals, 16% of reptiles and amphibians, 17% of birds and 35% of fishes from whole species in the world (BAPPENAS 2003). New Guinea Island is the second largest island in the world and known as the largest between all tropical islands. This island is accounted amongst the richest biodiversity areas and has the most diverse assemblage of ecosystems on the earth. New Guinea consists of one big island with some small satellite islands, and administratively belongs to Papua-Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (mentioned further as PNG).