The archipelago is the South Pacific's third largest and most of its people live a subsistence lifestyle that has barely changed for centuries.
Residents rely heavily on a subsistence lifestyle, hunting and gathering much of their food.
When young men are deployed there is a particular impact on smaller "Alaska Bush" villages that have a subsistence lifestyle.
They moved throughout the area, living a subsistence lifestyle and trading with other native groups.
Greek farmers lived under a subsistence lifestyle and were frequently subject to crop failures.
Residents are of Melanesian descent and have predominantly a subsistence lifestyle.
Many of the villagers live a subsistence lifestyle which means that they continue to carry out the traditional hunter-gatherer activities of their ancestors.
They're home to a small population of hardy souls who live an almost subsistence lifestyle in very crowded conditions.
The indigenous population at the time numbered about 5,000 people, most of whom lived a subsistence lifestyle in coastal villages.
A large proportion of the area's residents still practice farming and hunting; however this is not a subsistence lifestyle by any means.