▁lot ▁of ▁invest ment ▁to ▁develop ▁necessary ▁infrastr ucture , ▁such ▁as ▁roads , ▁for ▁[ its ] ▁operations , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁southern ▁portion ▁of ▁N ki ." ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁W WF ' s ▁scientific ▁ad visor ▁in ▁the ▁region , ▁Paul ▁Robinson ▁N gn eg ue u , ▁" po aching ▁is ▁the ▁biggest ▁threat ▁to ▁... ▁N ki ." ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁economic ▁de pression ▁in ▁Cam ero on . ▁The ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁followed ▁the ▁po ach ers , ▁attract ed ▁by ▁the ▁financial ▁opportun ities . ▁They ▁would ▁sell ▁their ▁product ▁through ▁" inter medi aries " ▁for ▁money ▁and ▁more ▁hunting ▁supplies . ▁ ▁Cam ero onian ▁authorities ▁fought ▁po aching ▁in ▁N ki ▁by ▁applying ▁repr ess ive ▁measures ▁to ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁population . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁was ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁when ▁Bak as ▁were ▁forced ▁from ▁their ▁homes ▁near ▁Mam be le . ▁These ▁actions ▁turned ▁the ▁Bak as ▁against ▁the ▁W WF , ▁which ▁they ▁considered ▁" an ▁organization ▁of ▁whites ▁who ▁want ▁to ▁protect ▁animals ". ▁Every ▁year , ▁po ach ers ▁travel ▁up ▁the ▁D ja ▁for ▁central ▁N ki , ▁where ▁ele ph ant ▁iv ory ▁is ▁abund ant . ▁Str ong ▁curr ents ▁on ▁the ▁river ▁are ▁a ▁d eter rent ▁for ▁half ▁the ▁year , ▁but ▁after ▁that , ▁according ▁to ▁fre el ance ▁journalist ▁J em ini ▁P