A Travel Note: Attending Molo, A Traditional Fishing Method of Moi Kelim Tribe
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 was the 2nd day of the egek festival in Malaumkarta Village. The Egek Festival is a cultural festival initiated by the Moi Kelim people in the Malaumkarta Raya region which consists of five villages, namely Malaumkarta, Mibi, Malagufuk, Sawatut and Sawatolo. Egek is a tradition of the Moi Kelim tribe in […]
Travel Note: English Mentor Volunteer at Malagufuk Tourism Village
Malagufuk, attributed as an ecotourism village, is frequently visited by both domestic and international tourists. The village which is located at Makbon District, Sorong Regency in West Papua still has dense forests with plentiful fauna. The tourists usually came and stayed to watch cenderawasih bird dancing, Indonesian native kangaroo or locally called lau-lau, Papuan rangkong […]
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 […]
Jayapura Court Gave Another Rebuff to Palm Oil Lawsuit
Jayapura Administrative Court (PTUN) in Papua gave another endorsement to Sorong Regency Government, West Papua, following the revocation of palm oil plantation concessions. Jayapura Administrative Court had recently overruled the lawsuit filed by PT Inti Kebun Lestari against Sorong Regent and Head of Sorong’s Investment and Integrated One Stop Service Office for revoking the […]
Administrative Court Turned Down Palm Oil Lawsuits, Victory for West Papua’s Indigenous People
Jayapura Administrative Court, Papua, turned down the lawsuits of two palm oil companies, PT Papua Lestari Abadi and PT Sorong Agro Sawitindo, in response to Sorong Regency, Johny Kamuru, decision to revoke the concessions, namely estate permit, location permit, and environment permit, of the two companies. On the separate verdict given on Tuesday, 7 December […]
Travel Note: Experiences from Community Service Study as Relawan Hutan Merdeka
I am Nurmas Jihad Fahrurrozi, the English Department student of the University of Pendidikan Muhammadiyah (Unimuda) Sorong. When I wrote this piece, I am on the Relawan Hutan Merdeka Community Service Study (KPM) in collaboration with EcoNusa from 12 September to 26 October 2021. I was located at Wamargege, Konda District, South Sorong Regency, West […]
Protecting Customary Land from Palm Oil Investment
Malaumkarta Youth Organization (PGM) and Sorong Regency’s Research and Development Agency (Baperlitbang), West Papua, organized participatory mapping for customary land participated by representatives of four villages at Sorong Regency. The training was given as a follow-up of license revocation of four palm oil companies done by Sorong Regent, Johny Kamuru. “Mapping of customary land is […]
Revoking Palm Oil Concession, Sorong Authorities Sued
Sorong Regent and Sorong Regency’s Head of Investment and One Stop Service Office were charged by three palm oil plantation companies. The litigation came from PT Sorong Agro Sawitindo, PT Papua Lestari Abadi, and PT Inti Kebun Lestari given the fact that Sorong Government revoked the concessions of those three companies. The filed suit took […]
