A FOREST HOME: A village tucked into the biodiverse Adelbert Mountains of Papua New Guinea© TIMOTHY BOUCHER/TNC
In the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, sound is everywhere. Birds of paradise sing amid the canopy, mammals rustle along the forest floor, and frogs call to each other from their perches. Over everything, the insects’ incessant buzzing creates a noise that fills any remaining gaps.
This natural orchestra is what Eddie Game and his team are there to capture. By continuously recording sounds across a wide range of frequencies, Game—a researcher with The Nature Conservancy—gathers information about the different soundscapes in the extraordinarily biodiverse Adelbert Mountains.
Papua New Guinea lies on the eastern half of New Guinea, an island that harbors at least 5 percent of the world’s animal and plant diversity. But more than 90 percent of the country’s land is privately owned ...
