 A quarter or more of the population now lives in urban areas elsewhere in the country and their remittances form an essential part of the local economy.The Maisin are best known internationally for their exquisitely designed painted bark cloth (tapa cloth).During the 1990s, Maisin aligned themselves with a number of environmental societies, most notably Greenpeace, in opposition to commercial logging in the rainforests behind their villages and to foster small scale, environmentally friendly, development.