EcoNusa Outlook 2022: Significance of Building People’s Sovereignty in Eastern Indonesia
Yuliance Zanggonau shares her experiences in assisting people in Arguni Bawah District, Papua, in theEcoNusa Outlook 2022. (EcoNusa/David Herman Jaya) Tanah Papua and Maluku Island have ample natural resources. However, the people’s economy still relies on other parties. The condition makes the locals vulnerable to sell their land to the company. “People’s sovereignty is important […]
EcoNusa Outlook 2022: Approach of Rasa for Eastern Indonesia
Turning up in Tanah Papua and Maluku Islands and feeling the day-to-day community life are the major prerequisite before formulating policy for the eastern regions of Indonesia. “We should get the feeling of what the indigenous people feel first. From that compassion, it is materialized into concrete action. Do not let the indigenous people say […]
Papua, Maluku, We Can, Anything Possible
The 30 participants of Community Organizer and Facilitation Technique training shouted the yells together at the Learning Center (LC) Mibi in Makbon District, Sorong Regency, West Papua, on 24 January – 2 February 2022. “Papua, Maluku, we can, anything is possible” is an optimistic yell expressed by field staffers and village cadres believing that anything […]
Zeth Wonggor, David Gibbs, Ecotourism Pioneers (Part II)
Upon the arrival of David Gibbs, an English ornithologist, to observe bird-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae) behavior at Syoubri Village, he brought other visitors that might bolster local income without putting forests ecosystem at Arfak Mountain at risks. Arfak slowly goes global. Mesmerized by the Arfak youngster, Zeth Wonggor, knowledge on birds and other fauna in Arfak forests, […]
Only Few Aware of Climate Crisis Despite Looming Threat
Global warming and climate change are among the threats faced today by the populations around the globe, including Indonesia. The report of Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) with 195 countries as members stated that the earth temperature has been escalating by 1.1 Celsius degree since the 19th century. Without serious measure, in the upcoming […]
License Revocation Hearsay, A Spirit Booster
By end of 2021, there were many records to reflect for us with the spirit of being there among the communities in the eastern of Indonesia. In the 20th National Games (PON) in Papua in October 2021, President Joko Widodo mentioned that Tanah Papua is a little paradise descended to earth. The national games and […]
EcoNusa CEO: Returning Rights to Indigenous People Should Come after License Revocation
President Joko Widodo revoked problematic licenses of mining, forestry, and the use of state property. This measure was taken to improve natural resources for equal, transparent management while improving gap and natural degradation. “We revoke the licenses which are unused, unproductive, and transferred to other party, and not in line with their allocations and against […]
Zeth Wonggor, David Gibbs, Ecotourism Pioneers (Part I)
A white man yelled amidst the dense jungle in Syoubri Village in the former Irian Jaya Province (that is now called West Papua Province). The man looked for Zeth Wongor, a youngster living in a small hut in the jungle. When found, they stared each other. Breaking the silence, the white man spoke briefly, “I […]
Wambon Floss, New Gift from Boven Digoel
Boven Digoel has abundant natural potentials both in land and water. The regency in Papua Province here has some big and small rivers and swamps. The water areas are utilized by the locals to catch shrimp and fish such as cork, snapper, and tilapia fish. Considering the potentials, the Production Forest Management Unit (KPHP) LIII […]
Samb Kai Village School, Building Local Resilience in Merauke
Living in the fertile Cenderawasih land does not necessarily make the indigenous people in Merauke Regency, Papua Province, has food resilience. Household spending for food is relatively high. On the other hand, agriculture productivity is low. Besides, living side by side with palm oil estate also makes the locals vulnerable. “Medicine and all stuffs we […]
Being Producer by Gardening
Cristofora Kwerkujai cleaned up her garden nearby Maro River in Erambu Village, Sote District, Merauke Regency, early November 2021. On that afternoon, she did not do many activities at her garden. She had just harvested some vegetables such as long bean, mustard, spinach, and water spinach. “The crop is for my own consumption and for […]
Inspired by Social Media, Marcello Tahitoe Stops Using Single Use Plastics
Marcello Tahitoe transformed his lifestyle due to social media. He is part of collective actions to cut down single use plastic pollution that has run for the last few years. Marcello now always brings his own bag and tumbler wherever he goes. His transforming lifestyle started when he saw Gede Robi Supriyanto’s contents. Robi, the […]
Pamungkas: We Need Nature
Making a dialogue and uniting with nature are deemed the source of inspiration for work. Nature has given tranquility and serenity in mind that could hardly exist at urban ambience that requires people to have fast moving pace. This is what happens to a musician like Rizki Rahmahadian Pamungkas. The popularly known Pamungkas admitted that […]
Charlie Heatubun: Forest is Irreplaceable
As an academic and local government official Charlie D. Heatubun should go back and forth into jungle for research. He is a professor of School of Forestry’s Botany and Forest Resources of Papua University and Head of West Papua’s Research and Development Agency. This background has given him strong belief that forest is irreplaceable. There […]
Protecting Papua and Maluku Forests Not Only About Birds-of-Paradise Preservation
Indonesia’s largest tropical rainforest is in Tanah Papua and the Maluku Islands. More than 3,000 vertebrate and 200,000 invertebrate species live in this tropical rainforest area. They range from insects, reptiles, mammals to birds, including birds-of-paradise with their well-known magnificence. In addition, Papua Island also has more than 13,000 vascular plants, making it the richest […]
Mangrove Rehabilitation, Government Attempts to Reduce Carbon Emission
Rehabilitation of mangrove forests in Indonesia has got new hope at least until 2024. During mangrove planting at Raja Kecik Tourism Beach, Muntai Barat Village, Bantan Sub-district, Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province, on Tuesday 28 September 2021, President Joko Widodo said the government would rehabilitate 34,000 hectares mangrove by end of 2021 and would run for […]
Um Island, Symbol of Nature Sustainability
Tanah Papua has extensive biodiversity. Varied species of fauna resides in the island at the tip of eastern of Indonesia. One of them inhabits in Um Island nearby Sorong Mayoralty, West Papua. The white sandy island as one of the tourism destinations here serves as the home to various mammal and bird species. Um is […]
Econovation Giving Award to 15 Sustainable Business Innovators
Econovation business competition award gave awards to the best three business innovators for potentially helping recover Indonesian economy during pandemic. Their proposed business innovation offered ideas on sustainable economic development, education solution and community health which has declined since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic early last year. “This is very good achievement as it could […]
