The tribe happens to be one of the tribes in New Guinea who have managed to hold on tenaciously to their primitive ways.

They still live in a remote place, but they’re intensely aware of what’s going on in towns and cities - and they want to improve their situation. Stasch’s work with makers of the BBC Two series My Year with the Tribe resulted in it being the first widely-seen show to depict Korowai people’s true situation and changing lifestyles.This centre, to be opened by Bachelet, will dedicate itself to investigating, conserving and managing the unique fauna for the benefit of future generations. From the damp and boisterous state of the atmosphere, not cheered by a gleam of sunshine, one fancied the climate even worse than it really was. Missionaries and other organisations have been trying their best to reform them but could not succeed.

Korowai and international visitors both have culturally elaborate hopes and dreams about each other,” he says.Dr Stasch’s advice and insight was crucial in our process of developing a series around these new themes, that I believe represents the Korowai culture more accurately and truthfully than other accounts.