Head of the council Thaha al Hamid said on Thursday papuans will never forget the swift measure by Gus Dur in December 1999, in approving the use of the original term for their region, Papua, as the official name of province.
The measure replaced the name of Irian, Jaya given during Soeharto presidency, within only two months after the cleric assumed office which remained until now.
During his unfinished term he made two visits to the island in 1999 and 2000 and met with a senior papua leader Theys Hiyo Eluay jailed by the Indonesian authority during the second visit. “Even several times, when we had not visited him so often anymore, Gus Dur would asked and then we would come to visit him. So our contact was maintained even when was no longer holding the presidential post”
The last visit was in 2006 when Gud Dur was out of the office and in which Thaha said, Gus Dur made a plea to the governemnt to name Theys as a national hero.
His figure, Thaha went on, was too extraordinary for Papua and papuans. “We are not just losing a cleric, a former president, and a teacher, but actually we are losing a living scripture. A scripture that continuously giving advise.”
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Kamis, 31 Desember 2009
Kamis, 24 Desember 2009
The killing of Kelly Kwalik and Papua conflict
Neles Tebay
Kelly Kwalik was recognized as a prominent Papuan leader of the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement (OPM). He resisted Indonesia’s rule over Papua until the last day of his life, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
He was shot to death by the Indonesian Mobile Brigade Police in Timika, the capital of Mimika regency, Papua.
In the absence of Kwalik, the police can easily justify the killing by linking him with allegations of misconduct.
Police might link Kwalik to the series of shootings near Timika over the past six months targeting the operations of the US mining company, Freeport-McMoran.
Kwalik might be accused of having ordered the kidnapping of the two Belgian journalists who were released after two months in 2001.
They might allege he was involved in the killing two US Freeport employees in 2001. The list can be made longer by adding other allegations against Kwalik.
Despite the allegations, he was killed neither during a war nor in an exchange of fire.
Indeed, he was assassinated in a time of peace in a raid conducted by the police.
Since he was assassinated in a time of peace, Kwalik’s death might not be the final goal of the killing.
The killing is simply a means to achieve a certain goal.
Kwalik could have been killed deliberately in order to address a particular problem and to achieve a certain goal. What goals could be achieved through this killing? There are two possibilities:
The first is that Kwalik was possibly killed to put an end to the attacks initiated in June 2009 targeting Freeport mining operations.
Police might have considered Kwalik as the main cause of the attacks, although he denied any responsibility.
Therefore, the police might have decided to eliminate Kwalik to address the security problem within the Freeport concession area.
However, the truth is that despite its investigation, underway since June, the police to date have not been able to identify those parties responsible for the attacks.
Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Corporation has long been linked to human rights abuses involving Indonesian troops who secure the company’s facilities.
Making Kwalik a scapegoat then, only serves to mask the failure of Indonesian authorities to credibly resolve the case.
If the above analysis is true, then the killing of Kwalik will not resolve the security problem in the Freeport consession area.
Therefore, sooner or later, the attacks will happen again in the same area, unless all parties demanding protection money from Freeport are satisfied with the huge amount of money.
The second possibility is that Kwalik was assassinated to settle the conflict between the Indonesian government (Jakarta) and the Papuans (Papua) which has been going on from 1963 until today. Police might have considered Kwalik the main cause of the conflict.
Therefore the best way chosen by the police to settle the conflict was by assassinating Kwalik in a raid.
The questions should be: Is it true that Kwalik was the main cause of the conflict between Jakarta and Papua?
In order to answer this question, we need to explore the root cause of the conflict: What is (are) the main cause(s) of the unsettled Papua conflict?
The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has conducted research for four years on the conflict between Jakarta and Papua and identified, in the book entitled Papua Road Map published in 2009, four main problems as the main causes of the conflict.
The first problem would be the government’s failures in development, particularly in the area of education, health care, infrastructure, and people’s economic development.
Its indicator is that many Papuans remain living under the poverty line, despite the wealth of natural resources in Papua.
Second is the marginalization of, and discrimination against, the indigenous Papuans under Indonesian domination.
Third, the human rights abuses allegedly committed by the Indonesian security forces since May 1, 1963 until today.
The fourth problem is the different interpretation of the history of integration of Papua into the Republic of Indonesia.
As of today the conflict between Jakarta and Papua remains unsettled because these four identified problems have not yet been addressed.
So it would have been a great mistake if Indonesian security forces thought the assassination of Kwalik was the solution to the Papua conflict.
It is necessary for the Indonesian government to be reminded again that the killing of Kwalik and other Papuan rebel leaders will never overcome any of the four identified problems.
Nobody in Papua believes that the assassination of Kwalik settles neither the security problems around the Freeport mining area nor the conflict between the government and the Papuans.
Having rejected the violent approach, the Papuans have already started discussing the possibility of having a neutral, third-party mediated dialogue between Jakarta and Papua. Despite the assassination of Kwalik, the Papuans will keep moving toward a dialogue between Jakarta and Papua.
In the wake of this killing, will the government finally engage in dialogue with the Papuans to settle the Papua conflict by addressing the four identified problems?
The writer is a lecturer at the Fajar Timur School of Philosophy and Theology in Abepura, Papua.
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Kelly Kwalik was recognized as a prominent Papuan leader of the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement (OPM). He resisted Indonesia’s rule over Papua until the last day of his life, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
He was shot to death by the Indonesian Mobile Brigade Police in Timika, the capital of Mimika regency, Papua.
In the absence of Kwalik, the police can easily justify the killing by linking him with allegations of misconduct.
Police might link Kwalik to the series of shootings near Timika over the past six months targeting the operations of the US mining company, Freeport-McMoran.
Kwalik might be accused of having ordered the kidnapping of the two Belgian journalists who were released after two months in 2001.
They might allege he was involved in the killing two US Freeport employees in 2001. The list can be made longer by adding other allegations against Kwalik.
Despite the allegations, he was killed neither during a war nor in an exchange of fire.
Indeed, he was assassinated in a time of peace in a raid conducted by the police.
Since he was assassinated in a time of peace, Kwalik’s death might not be the final goal of the killing.
The killing is simply a means to achieve a certain goal.
Kwalik could have been killed deliberately in order to address a particular problem and to achieve a certain goal. What goals could be achieved through this killing? There are two possibilities:
The first is that Kwalik was possibly killed to put an end to the attacks initiated in June 2009 targeting Freeport mining operations.
Police might have considered Kwalik as the main cause of the attacks, although he denied any responsibility.
Therefore, the police might have decided to eliminate Kwalik to address the security problem within the Freeport concession area.
However, the truth is that despite its investigation, underway since June, the police to date have not been able to identify those parties responsible for the attacks.
Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Corporation has long been linked to human rights abuses involving Indonesian troops who secure the company’s facilities.
Making Kwalik a scapegoat then, only serves to mask the failure of Indonesian authorities to credibly resolve the case.
If the above analysis is true, then the killing of Kwalik will not resolve the security problem in the Freeport consession area.
Therefore, sooner or later, the attacks will happen again in the same area, unless all parties demanding protection money from Freeport are satisfied with the huge amount of money.
The second possibility is that Kwalik was assassinated to settle the conflict between the Indonesian government (Jakarta) and the Papuans (Papua) which has been going on from 1963 until today. Police might have considered Kwalik the main cause of the conflict.
Therefore the best way chosen by the police to settle the conflict was by assassinating Kwalik in a raid.
The questions should be: Is it true that Kwalik was the main cause of the conflict between Jakarta and Papua?
In order to answer this question, we need to explore the root cause of the conflict: What is (are) the main cause(s) of the unsettled Papua conflict?
The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has conducted research for four years on the conflict between Jakarta and Papua and identified, in the book entitled Papua Road Map published in 2009, four main problems as the main causes of the conflict.
The first problem would be the government’s failures in development, particularly in the area of education, health care, infrastructure, and people’s economic development.
Its indicator is that many Papuans remain living under the poverty line, despite the wealth of natural resources in Papua.
Second is the marginalization of, and discrimination against, the indigenous Papuans under Indonesian domination.
Third, the human rights abuses allegedly committed by the Indonesian security forces since May 1, 1963 until today.
The fourth problem is the different interpretation of the history of integration of Papua into the Republic of Indonesia.
As of today the conflict between Jakarta and Papua remains unsettled because these four identified problems have not yet been addressed.
So it would have been a great mistake if Indonesian security forces thought the assassination of Kwalik was the solution to the Papua conflict.
It is necessary for the Indonesian government to be reminded again that the killing of Kwalik and other Papuan rebel leaders will never overcome any of the four identified problems.
Nobody in Papua believes that the assassination of Kwalik settles neither the security problems around the Freeport mining area nor the conflict between the government and the Papuans.
Having rejected the violent approach, the Papuans have already started discussing the possibility of having a neutral, third-party mediated dialogue between Jakarta and Papua. Despite the assassination of Kwalik, the Papuans will keep moving toward a dialogue between Jakarta and Papua.
In the wake of this killing, will the government finally engage in dialogue with the Papuans to settle the Papua conflict by addressing the four identified problems?
The writer is a lecturer at the Fajar Timur School of Philosophy and Theology in Abepura, Papua.
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Rabu, 23 Desember 2009
Deforestation threatens Indonesia's Papua region
Jayapura – Logging and agribusiness is threatening environmental destruction in Indonesia's Papua region, one of the world's last vast wildernesses.The governors of the two provinces in the region on the western end of New Guinea island told an international environmental conference a strategy was needed to avoid the mistakes that have decimated other Indonesian regions.
Kalimat berikutnya
West Papua Governor Abraham Atururi said that pressure and threats to biodiversity in Papua are increasing. Papua is becoming a target for massive agro and forestry industry investment. His government had received an increasing number of requests for development and feared environmental destruction from illegal logging aimed at clearing land for plantations. In this regard, Papua should not repeat the failure to manage forests and biodiversity that has happened in Kalimantan (Borneo) and Sumatra.
In the meantime, The governor of Papua province, which sits on the eastern end of the region, Barnabas Suebu, said preserving the tropical forest-blanketed region was key to helping absorb the gases that cause climate change. The capacity of Papua's 42 million hectares (104 million acres) of forests to process CO2 is equivalent to the carbon footprint of nearly all the population of Europe.
Indonesia, which spreads across over 17,000 islands, has been a key advocate for plans being floated ahead of global climate talks in Copenhagen in December that would see developing countries paid to conserve forests and peatlands. Deforestation, largely on Borneo and Sumatra, has seen the country become the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases
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Kalimat berikutnya
West Papua Governor Abraham Atururi said that pressure and threats to biodiversity in Papua are increasing. Papua is becoming a target for massive agro and forestry industry investment. His government had received an increasing number of requests for development and feared environmental destruction from illegal logging aimed at clearing land for plantations. In this regard, Papua should not repeat the failure to manage forests and biodiversity that has happened in Kalimantan (Borneo) and Sumatra.
In the meantime, The governor of Papua province, which sits on the eastern end of the region, Barnabas Suebu, said preserving the tropical forest-blanketed region was key to helping absorb the gases that cause climate change. The capacity of Papua's 42 million hectares (104 million acres) of forests to process CO2 is equivalent to the carbon footprint of nearly all the population of Europe.
Indonesia, which spreads across over 17,000 islands, has been a key advocate for plans being floated ahead of global climate talks in Copenhagen in December that would see developing countries paid to conserve forests and peatlands. Deforestation, largely on Borneo and Sumatra, has seen the country become the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases
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Senin, 14 Desember 2009
Landslide kills Freeport employee
Because of deforestation and mining, an employee of mining company PT Freeport died and four others suffered injuries in a landslide at the company’s mining site in Papua on Sunday. The incident took place at the Ridge Camp area at mile 72 (near the Aptonal hill) at about 8:30 pm local time after heavy rains in the area. Five other workers recovered from the ground according to head of the Public Communication unit of Papua Police Agus Rianto were in critical condition. And were being treated at Tembagapura Hospital.
One mining worker in the Freeport McMoran goldminer complex in Papua was killed in a rain triggered landslide on Sunday night which also injured four of five other workers.
Spokesman for Freeport McMoran, Mindo Pangaribuan confirmed the accident but said only four other workers we injured in the accident.
Source : The Jakarta Post , Tempo interactive
BAHASA INDONESIA
Tanah Longsor membunuh karyawan Freeport
Karena penggundulan hutan dan pertambangan, seorang karyawan dari perusahaan pertambangan PT Freeport tewas dan empat lainnya menderita luka-luka dalam tanah longsor di lokasi pertambangan perusahaan di Papua pada hari Minggu. Insiden terjadi di kawasan di Ridge Camp mil 72 (dekat bukit Aptonal) sekitar pukul 8:30 waktu setempat setelah hujan lebat di daerah tersebut. Lima pekerja lain pulih dari tanah menurut Kepala Unit Komunikasi Publik Papua Polisi Agus Rianto berada dalam kondisi kritis. Dan sedang dirawat di Rumah Sakit Tembagapura.
Salah satu pekerja di pertambangan Freeport McMoran di Papua goldminer kompleks tewas dalam tanah longsor dipicu hujan pada Minggu malam yang juga melukai empat dari lima pekerja lain.
Juru bicara Freeport McMoran, Mindo Pangaribuan membenarkan kecelakaan tetapi mengatakan hanya empat pekerja lain kita terluka dalam kecelakaan. Read More..
One mining worker in the Freeport McMoran goldminer complex in Papua was killed in a rain triggered landslide on Sunday night which also injured four of five other workers.
Spokesman for Freeport McMoran, Mindo Pangaribuan confirmed the accident but said only four other workers we injured in the accident.
Source : The Jakarta Post , Tempo interactive
BAHASA INDONESIA
Tanah Longsor membunuh karyawan Freeport
Karena penggundulan hutan dan pertambangan, seorang karyawan dari perusahaan pertambangan PT Freeport tewas dan empat lainnya menderita luka-luka dalam tanah longsor di lokasi pertambangan perusahaan di Papua pada hari Minggu. Insiden terjadi di kawasan di Ridge Camp mil 72 (dekat bukit Aptonal) sekitar pukul 8:30 waktu setempat setelah hujan lebat di daerah tersebut. Lima pekerja lain pulih dari tanah menurut Kepala Unit Komunikasi Publik Papua Polisi Agus Rianto berada dalam kondisi kritis. Dan sedang dirawat di Rumah Sakit Tembagapura.
Salah satu pekerja di pertambangan Freeport McMoran di Papua goldminer kompleks tewas dalam tanah longsor dipicu hujan pada Minggu malam yang juga melukai empat dari lima pekerja lain.
Juru bicara Freeport McMoran, Mindo Pangaribuan membenarkan kecelakaan tetapi mengatakan hanya empat pekerja lain kita terluka dalam kecelakaan. Read More..
Decentralization jeopardizes forest in Papua
Nethy Dharma Somba
Regional autonomy in Papua poses a threat to forests in the province because the infrastructure development following autonomy would exploit forested areas, says a forestry official.
"The forested areas currently available would unlikely still be there five to 10 years from now if regional autonomy continues as it would lead to physical development," said Papua Forestry Office head Marthen Kayoi, during the launch of the Forest Governance Integrity (FGI) at the Transparency International Indonesia office in Jayapura recently. He added that the regency capital of Keerom was previously a forested area but raised doubts whether it could still be described as such.
The current area of Papua's intact forest is 31.5 million hectares, while 5 million hectares had been categorized as critical areas from 1973 to 2003. Kayoi said only around 24 million hectares of the forested areas would remain given the pace of regional autonomy, which has so far produced 33 regencies and municipalities. This is what's happening now. The continuing process of regional autonomy, followed by infrastructure development would further reduce the size of forested areas he said. We also could not ensure whether the remaining forested areas would exist in the next five years.
The government has designated a 4,825,786-hectare forested area in Papua as a conservation forest, or natural preserve. However, for the past several years it has received pressure in the form of conversion into farmland, settlement and infrastructure development including illegal logging. The Lorentz National Park, a protected area that has now encompassed seven regencies, including the giant PT Freeport Indonesia gold and copper mining company, due to the impact of regional autonomy.
Marthen has urged every party, including Transparency International (TI) Indonesia, which is now present in Papua, to organize the forest in a wise manner for the sake of Papuan forest sustainability. This is a challenge for the forestry office to carry out development effectively, he said. TI's presence in Papua, said FGI Asia Pacific regional manager Agustinus Taufik, urged every party to fight illegal forestry practices. With the principle of united we stand, we could develop a community that is mentally and spiritually sound for the sake of mutual prosperity, Agustinus said. Agustinus said Papua's forest is one of the best tropical rainforests in Indonesia and serves as the lungs of the earth.
Papua's forest is a valuable asset that must be managed well to improve the quality of the ecosystem and the well-being of people in Papua in particular and in Indonesia in general.
Source : , The Jakarta Post
BAHASA INDONESIA
Desentralisasi mengancam hutan di Papua
Nethy Dharma Somba
Otonomi daerah di Papua menimbulkan ancaman bagi hutan di provinsi karena pembangunan infrastruktur berikut akan mengeksploitasi hutan otonomi daerah, kata seorang pejabat kehutanan.
"Para wilayah hutan yang tersedia saat ini tidak mungkin akan tetap ada lima hingga 10 tahun dari sekarang jika otonomi daerah terus karena akan mengarah pada pembangunan fisik," kata Kepala Dinas Kehutanan Papua Marthen Kayoi, pada peluncuran Tata Kelola Hutan Integritas (FGI) di Transparency International Indonesia di kantor di Jayapura baru-baru ini. Dia menambahkan bahwa ibukota Kabupaten Keerom sebelumnya sebuah kawasan hutan tetapi mengangkat keraguan apakah masih bisa digambarkan seperti itu.
Daerah saat ini utuh Papua hutan adalah 31,5 juta hektar, sementara 5 juta hektar telah dikategorikan sebagai daerah kritis 1973-2003. Kayoi mengatakan hanya sekitar 24 juta hektar dari kawasan hutan akan tetap mengingat laju otonomi daerah, yang sejauh ini telah menghasilkan 33 kabupaten dan kotamadya. Ini adalah apa yang terjadi sekarang. Proses yang terus-menerus otonomi daerah, diikuti dengan pembangunan infrastruktur akan semakin mengurangi ukuran wilayah hutan katanya. Kami juga tidak bisa memastikan apakah kawasan hutan yang tersisa akan ada dalam lima tahun.
Pemerintah telah menunjuk seorang 4.825.786 hektar kawasan hutan di Papua sebagai hutan konservasi, atau melestarikan alam. Namun, selama beberapa tahun ini telah menerima tekanan dalam bentuk konversi menjadi lahan pertanian, pemukiman dan pembangunan infrastruktur, termasuk pembalakan liar. Taman Nasional Lorentz, sebuah kawasan lindung yang sekarang meliputi tujuh kabupaten, termasuk PT Freeport Indonesia raksasa emas dan tembaga perusahaan tambang, karena dampak dari otonomi daerah.
Marthen telah mendesak semua pihak, termasuk Transparency International (TI) Indonesia yang kini hadir di Papua, untuk mengatur hutan dengan cara yang bijaksana demi kelestarian hutan Papua. Ini adalah tantangan bagi kantor kehutanan untuk melaksanakan pembangunan secara efektif, katanya. Kehadiran TI di Papua, kata FGI manajer regional Asia Pasifik Agustinus Taufik, mendesak semua pihak untuk memerangi praktek-praktek kehutanan yang ilegal. Dengan prinsip bersatu kita teguh, kita bisa mengembangkan komunitas yang sehat secara mental dan spiritual demi kesejahteraan bersama, kata Agustinus. Agustinus mengatakan hutan Papua merupakan salah satu hutan hujan tropis terbaik di Indonesia dan berfungsi sebagai paru-paru bumi.
Hutan Papua adalah aset berharga yang harus dikelola dengan baik untuk meningkatkan kualitas ekosistem dan kesejahteraan masyarakat di Papua khususnya dan di Indonesia pada umumnya.
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Regional autonomy in Papua poses a threat to forests in the province because the infrastructure development following autonomy would exploit forested areas, says a forestry official.
"The forested areas currently available would unlikely still be there five to 10 years from now if regional autonomy continues as it would lead to physical development," said Papua Forestry Office head Marthen Kayoi, during the launch of the Forest Governance Integrity (FGI) at the Transparency International Indonesia office in Jayapura recently. He added that the regency capital of Keerom was previously a forested area but raised doubts whether it could still be described as such.
The current area of Papua's intact forest is 31.5 million hectares, while 5 million hectares had been categorized as critical areas from 1973 to 2003. Kayoi said only around 24 million hectares of the forested areas would remain given the pace of regional autonomy, which has so far produced 33 regencies and municipalities. This is what's happening now. The continuing process of regional autonomy, followed by infrastructure development would further reduce the size of forested areas he said. We also could not ensure whether the remaining forested areas would exist in the next five years.
The government has designated a 4,825,786-hectare forested area in Papua as a conservation forest, or natural preserve. However, for the past several years it has received pressure in the form of conversion into farmland, settlement and infrastructure development including illegal logging. The Lorentz National Park, a protected area that has now encompassed seven regencies, including the giant PT Freeport Indonesia gold and copper mining company, due to the impact of regional autonomy.
Marthen has urged every party, including Transparency International (TI) Indonesia, which is now present in Papua, to organize the forest in a wise manner for the sake of Papuan forest sustainability. This is a challenge for the forestry office to carry out development effectively, he said. TI's presence in Papua, said FGI Asia Pacific regional manager Agustinus Taufik, urged every party to fight illegal forestry practices. With the principle of united we stand, we could develop a community that is mentally and spiritually sound for the sake of mutual prosperity, Agustinus said. Agustinus said Papua's forest is one of the best tropical rainforests in Indonesia and serves as the lungs of the earth.
Papua's forest is a valuable asset that must be managed well to improve the quality of the ecosystem and the well-being of people in Papua in particular and in Indonesia in general.
Source : , The Jakarta Post
BAHASA INDONESIA
Desentralisasi mengancam hutan di Papua
Nethy Dharma Somba
Otonomi daerah di Papua menimbulkan ancaman bagi hutan di provinsi karena pembangunan infrastruktur berikut akan mengeksploitasi hutan otonomi daerah, kata seorang pejabat kehutanan.
"Para wilayah hutan yang tersedia saat ini tidak mungkin akan tetap ada lima hingga 10 tahun dari sekarang jika otonomi daerah terus karena akan mengarah pada pembangunan fisik," kata Kepala Dinas Kehutanan Papua Marthen Kayoi, pada peluncuran Tata Kelola Hutan Integritas (FGI) di Transparency International Indonesia di kantor di Jayapura baru-baru ini. Dia menambahkan bahwa ibukota Kabupaten Keerom sebelumnya sebuah kawasan hutan tetapi mengangkat keraguan apakah masih bisa digambarkan seperti itu.
Daerah saat ini utuh Papua hutan adalah 31,5 juta hektar, sementara 5 juta hektar telah dikategorikan sebagai daerah kritis 1973-2003. Kayoi mengatakan hanya sekitar 24 juta hektar dari kawasan hutan akan tetap mengingat laju otonomi daerah, yang sejauh ini telah menghasilkan 33 kabupaten dan kotamadya. Ini adalah apa yang terjadi sekarang. Proses yang terus-menerus otonomi daerah, diikuti dengan pembangunan infrastruktur akan semakin mengurangi ukuran wilayah hutan katanya. Kami juga tidak bisa memastikan apakah kawasan hutan yang tersisa akan ada dalam lima tahun.
Pemerintah telah menunjuk seorang 4.825.786 hektar kawasan hutan di Papua sebagai hutan konservasi, atau melestarikan alam. Namun, selama beberapa tahun ini telah menerima tekanan dalam bentuk konversi menjadi lahan pertanian, pemukiman dan pembangunan infrastruktur, termasuk pembalakan liar. Taman Nasional Lorentz, sebuah kawasan lindung yang sekarang meliputi tujuh kabupaten, termasuk PT Freeport Indonesia raksasa emas dan tembaga perusahaan tambang, karena dampak dari otonomi daerah.
Marthen telah mendesak semua pihak, termasuk Transparency International (TI) Indonesia yang kini hadir di Papua, untuk mengatur hutan dengan cara yang bijaksana demi kelestarian hutan Papua. Ini adalah tantangan bagi kantor kehutanan untuk melaksanakan pembangunan secara efektif, katanya. Kehadiran TI di Papua, kata FGI manajer regional Asia Pasifik Agustinus Taufik, mendesak semua pihak untuk memerangi praktek-praktek kehutanan yang ilegal. Dengan prinsip bersatu kita teguh, kita bisa mengembangkan komunitas yang sehat secara mental dan spiritual demi kesejahteraan bersama, kata Agustinus. Agustinus mengatakan hutan Papua merupakan salah satu hutan hujan tropis terbaik di Indonesia dan berfungsi sebagai paru-paru bumi.
Hutan Papua adalah aset berharga yang harus dikelola dengan baik untuk meningkatkan kualitas ekosistem dan kesejahteraan masyarakat di Papua khususnya dan di Indonesia pada umumnya.
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Jumat, 11 Desember 2009
Border in Papua Disputed
Around 200 residents of Ugimba, Paniai regency in Papua, yesterday insisted that the Mimika Regent resolve the issue concerning the border between Mimia and Paniai regencies.
Those who claimed to be the owners of the communal land rights of the Grassberg area have demanded compensation for PT Freeport Indonesia’s mining operations. They also insisted the Mimika regional government resolve this issue with the Papua governor using customary laws. “This has been discussed with Mimika regent,” said one protestor, Samuel Tabuni. The Mimika regent, Klemen Tinal, said the government was ready to facilitate a meeting between Ugimba residents and the Papua governor. When the Mimika Regency was set up in 2000, the residents of Ugimba were included in the Mimika Regency area.
Source : TEMPO Interactive
Bahasa
Perbatasan di Papua dipertentangkan
Sekitar 200 warga Ugimba, Kabupaten Paniai di Papua, kemarin menegaskan bahwa Bupati Mimika menyelesaikan masalah mengenai perbatasan antara kabupaten Mimia dan Paniai.
Mereka yang mengaku sebagai pemilik hak atas tanah komunal dari wilayah Grassberg menuntut kompensasi untuk PT Freeport Indonesia operasi pertambangan. Mereka juga menegaskan pemerintah daerah Mimika mengatasi masalah ini dengan Gubernur Papua dengan menggunakan hukum adat. "Hal ini telah didiskusikan dengan Bupati Mimika," kata salah seorang protestor, Samuel Tabuni. Para Bupati Mimika, Klemen Tinal, mengatakan pemerintah siap untuk memfasilitasi pertemuan antara warga dan Ugimba Gubernur Papua. Ketika Kabupaten Mimika didirikan pada tahun 2000, penduduk Ugimba dilibatkan dalam wilayah Kabupaten Mimika.
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Those who claimed to be the owners of the communal land rights of the Grassberg area have demanded compensation for PT Freeport Indonesia’s mining operations. They also insisted the Mimika regional government resolve this issue with the Papua governor using customary laws. “This has been discussed with Mimika regent,” said one protestor, Samuel Tabuni. The Mimika regent, Klemen Tinal, said the government was ready to facilitate a meeting between Ugimba residents and the Papua governor. When the Mimika Regency was set up in 2000, the residents of Ugimba were included in the Mimika Regency area.
Source : TEMPO Interactive
Bahasa
Perbatasan di Papua dipertentangkan
Sekitar 200 warga Ugimba, Kabupaten Paniai di Papua, kemarin menegaskan bahwa Bupati Mimika menyelesaikan masalah mengenai perbatasan antara kabupaten Mimia dan Paniai.
Mereka yang mengaku sebagai pemilik hak atas tanah komunal dari wilayah Grassberg menuntut kompensasi untuk PT Freeport Indonesia operasi pertambangan. Mereka juga menegaskan pemerintah daerah Mimika mengatasi masalah ini dengan Gubernur Papua dengan menggunakan hukum adat. "Hal ini telah didiskusikan dengan Bupati Mimika," kata salah seorang protestor, Samuel Tabuni. Para Bupati Mimika, Klemen Tinal, mengatakan pemerintah siap untuk memfasilitasi pertemuan antara warga dan Ugimba Gubernur Papua. Ketika Kabupaten Mimika didirikan pada tahun 2000, penduduk Ugimba dilibatkan dalam wilayah Kabupaten Mimika.
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Papuans Demand Restoration of Violated Rights
Hundreds of people in Papua joined a rally on Thursday (10/12) to mark the Human Rights Day in different locations in the seat of the capital, Jayapura. Participants denounced human rights violations by the government and multinational companies operating in the province including goldminer Freeport McMoran.
The rallies started at about 9 am local time in Abepura district, followed by a rally outside the provincial regional House of Represenatatives in Jayapura were residents handover 11 demand to provincial lawmakers.
Some of the demands are urging the government to halt all investments in the province that reduce or completely robbed the rights of indigenous tribe. A second demand was pressing the provincial authorities to conduct complete assessment on security policy and the size of military force in the island. The next one was pushing the introduction of regional regulation for the legalbasis to restore the rights of victims of human rights violation.
Police deployed around 200 personnel to maintain security during the protest which ended after protesters met with regional lawmakers.
Source : TEMPO Interactive
Bahasa
Papua Menuntut Pemulihan Pelanggaran Hak Azasi
Ratusan orang di Papua bergabung dengan sebuah rally pada hari Kamis (10/12) untuk menandai Hari Hak Asasi Manusia di berbagai lokasi di kursi ibukota, Jayapura. Peserta mengecam pelanggaran hak asasi manusia oleh pemerintah dan perusahaan-perusahaan multinasional beroperasi di provinsi ini termasuk goldminer Freeport McMoran.
Para aksi unjuk rasa dimulai pada sekitar 9 am waktu setempat di distrik Abepura, diikuti oleh sebuah reli di luar daerah provinsi Rumah Represenatatives di Jayapura adalah penduduk serah terima permintaan untuk 11 anggota parlemen provinsi.
Beberapa tuntutan yang mendesak pemerintah untuk menghentikan semua investasi di provinsi yang mengurangi atau sama sekali dirampok hak-hak suku asli. Permintaan kedua adalah menekan pemerintah provinsi untuk melakukan penilaian lengkap pada kebijakan keamanan dan ukuran kekuatan militer di pulau ini. Berikutnya adalah mendorong pengenalan peraturan daerah untuk legalbasis untuk mengembalikan hak-hak korban pelanggaran hak asasi manusia.
Polisi dikerahkan sekitar 200 personil untuk menjaga keamanan selama protes yang berakhir setelah pengunjuk rasa bertemu dengan anggota parlemen daerah.
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The rallies started at about 9 am local time in Abepura district, followed by a rally outside the provincial regional House of Represenatatives in Jayapura were residents handover 11 demand to provincial lawmakers.
Some of the demands are urging the government to halt all investments in the province that reduce or completely robbed the rights of indigenous tribe. A second demand was pressing the provincial authorities to conduct complete assessment on security policy and the size of military force in the island. The next one was pushing the introduction of regional regulation for the legalbasis to restore the rights of victims of human rights violation.
Police deployed around 200 personnel to maintain security during the protest which ended after protesters met with regional lawmakers.
Source : TEMPO Interactive
Bahasa
Papua Menuntut Pemulihan Pelanggaran Hak Azasi
Ratusan orang di Papua bergabung dengan sebuah rally pada hari Kamis (10/12) untuk menandai Hari Hak Asasi Manusia di berbagai lokasi di kursi ibukota, Jayapura. Peserta mengecam pelanggaran hak asasi manusia oleh pemerintah dan perusahaan-perusahaan multinasional beroperasi di provinsi ini termasuk goldminer Freeport McMoran.
Para aksi unjuk rasa dimulai pada sekitar 9 am waktu setempat di distrik Abepura, diikuti oleh sebuah reli di luar daerah provinsi Rumah Represenatatives di Jayapura adalah penduduk serah terima permintaan untuk 11 anggota parlemen provinsi.
Beberapa tuntutan yang mendesak pemerintah untuk menghentikan semua investasi di provinsi yang mengurangi atau sama sekali dirampok hak-hak suku asli. Permintaan kedua adalah menekan pemerintah provinsi untuk melakukan penilaian lengkap pada kebijakan keamanan dan ukuran kekuatan militer di pulau ini. Berikutnya adalah mendorong pengenalan peraturan daerah untuk legalbasis untuk mengembalikan hak-hak korban pelanggaran hak asasi manusia.
Polisi dikerahkan sekitar 200 personil untuk menjaga keamanan selama protes yang berakhir setelah pengunjuk rasa bertemu dengan anggota parlemen daerah.
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Minggu, 06 Desember 2009
Mr.Benny Wenda always sell his liar about Papua
Mr Wenda who claimed himself as the great leader of West Papua made another super claim as the voice of 250 tribe. He said that West Papua is Western Half of the New Guinea Island North of Australia, Home of Birth of paradise, but today home of Military. Indonesia Military & Police committed crime humanity in West Papua, everyday killing, rape, intimidation, torturing, and Imprisonment. He also mentioned that when West Papuan People made a peaceful demonstration, Indonesia Military and Police always came and stopped the demonstrator and arrest them, torture them put them in the prison very long time without any trial. Please check yourself by visiting Papua and you will find the peaceful land of Papua without any condition that Benny has accused in his speech at every corner of the United Kingdom.
Benny the great leader of West Papua is a Liar. He lies with his heart and never really think about the progress in West Papua. Indonesia is a democratic country, and you have to prove it by seeing it directly with your eyes and not from what Benny has said so.
Why should smart people in UK and Holland believe what Benny said without crosscheck to reliable sources and if possible just see it with your own eyes. West Papuan people need your help to see the situation in reality and not lies. Mr. Wenda just thinking about his interest to earn money, popularity and never thinking about how to find solution in Papua. So we must carefully when read information about Papua, because we must crosscheck true or false.
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Benny the great leader of West Papua is a Liar. He lies with his heart and never really think about the progress in West Papua. Indonesia is a democratic country, and you have to prove it by seeing it directly with your eyes and not from what Benny has said so.
Why should smart people in UK and Holland believe what Benny said without crosscheck to reliable sources and if possible just see it with your own eyes. West Papuan people need your help to see the situation in reality and not lies. Mr. Wenda just thinking about his interest to earn money, popularity and never thinking about how to find solution in Papua. So we must carefully when read information about Papua, because we must crosscheck true or false.
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Selasa, 01 Desember 2009
Meaning of Nationalism in Papua
[Jayapura] Indonesian nationalism in the local political context of Papua, not just kiss the flag of Red and White, memorized the Pancasila and the Constitution of 1945, joined the flag ceremony every August 17. But the nationalism of indigenous peoples Indonesia Papua is a free school, the light is not extinguished, prosperity, good health services, clean water, forests awake, social justice and economic justice manifested.
According to the Secretary General of the Papua Presidium Council (PDP) Alhamid Moh Taha, Indonesian nationalism to the people of Papua is respect for human rights (Human Rights) as guarantee the rights of life and cultural rights can be enforced. Each person gets the same value in public bureaucracies also clean of corruption .. Autonomy is expected to provide all the requirements expected by the people of Papua. Flag of Papua New to be in the Raise the flag of the right to life, social welfare, respect for human rights, social justice and fairness and not the flag a symbol of a movement. Optimization of Law No. 21 / 2001 regarding Special Autonomy should be based on seriously with a strong commitment between local government, central government, all stakeholders, leaders and religious leaders and people of Papua to build and welfare of Papua.
Autonomy with based on a shared commitment to promote Papua, can be a solution to solve complex problems in Papua, which is increasingly difficult to solve. Penyelesaiannyapun takes a long time, because of corruption, illegal logging, looting natural resources in Papua, intimidation and violence that arise both by the OPM and the security forces, the solution requires strong cooperation of all stake holders involved. Development, education and welfare a priority for local governments for welfare of the people of Papua in order to reduce provocation "independence of Papua" is always used by groups who deliberately makes the issue of Papua for the benefit of the group.
Arti Nasionalisme di Papua
[JAYAPURA] Nasionalisme Indonesia dalam konteks politik lokal Papua, bukan sekadar cium bendera Merah Putih, hafal Pancasila dan Undang-Undang Dasar 1945, ikut upacara bendera setiap 17 Agustus. Tetapi nasionalisme Indonesia bagi masyarakat asli Papua adalah sekolah gratis, lampu tidak padam, kesejahteraan, pelayanan kesehatan baik, air bersih, hutan terjaga, keadilan sosial dan keadilan ekonomi terwujud.
Menurut Sekretaris Jenderal Presidium Dewan Papua (PDP) Thaha Moh Alhamid, nasionalisme Indonesia bagi rakyat Papua adalah penghormatan terhadap hak asasi manusia (HAM) seperti memperoleh jaminan hak hidup dan hak-hak budaya bisa ditegakkan. Setiap orang mendapat nilai yang sama didepan umum juga birokrasi yang bersih dari korupsi.. Otsus diharapkan dapat memberikan segala kebutuhan yang diharapkan oleh rakyat Papua. Bendera Papua Baru yang mesti di kibarkan adalah bendera hak hidup, kesejahteraan rakyat, penghormatan hak asasi manusia, keadilan sosial dan keadilan dan bukan bendera simbol suatu gerakan. Optimalisasi UU No 21/ 2001 tentang Otonomi Khusus perlu dilakukan secara serius dengan didasari komitmen kuat antara pemerintah daerah, pemerintah pusat, seluruh stakeholders, tokoh dan pemuka agama serta rakyat Papua untuk membangun dan mensejahterakan Papua.
Otsus dengan didasari komitmen bersama untuk memajukan Papua, dapat menjadi solusi untuk menyelesaikan kompleksnya persoalan di Papua yang semakin hari semakin sulit dipecahkan. Penyelesaiannyapun membutuhkan waktu yang tidak sebentar, karena pemberantasan korupsi, illegal logging, penjarahan kekayaan alam di Papua, intimidasi dan kekerasan yang muncul baik oleh OPM dan aparat keamanan , penyelesaiannya membutuhkan kerjasama kuat seluruh stake holders yang terlibat. Pembangunan, pendidikan dan kesejahteraan menjadi prioritas bagi pemerintah daerah untuk mensejahterakan rakyat Papua sehingga dapat mereduksi provokasi “kemerdekaan Papua” yang selalu digunakan oleh kelompok-kelompok yang sengaja menjadikan isu Papua untuk kepentingan kelompoknya.
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According to the Secretary General of the Papua Presidium Council (PDP) Alhamid Moh Taha, Indonesian nationalism to the people of Papua is respect for human rights (Human Rights) as guarantee the rights of life and cultural rights can be enforced. Each person gets the same value in public bureaucracies also clean of corruption .. Autonomy is expected to provide all the requirements expected by the people of Papua. Flag of Papua New to be in the Raise the flag of the right to life, social welfare, respect for human rights, social justice and fairness and not the flag a symbol of a movement. Optimization of Law No. 21 / 2001 regarding Special Autonomy should be based on seriously with a strong commitment between local government, central government, all stakeholders, leaders and religious leaders and people of Papua to build and welfare of Papua.
Autonomy with based on a shared commitment to promote Papua, can be a solution to solve complex problems in Papua, which is increasingly difficult to solve. Penyelesaiannyapun takes a long time, because of corruption, illegal logging, looting natural resources in Papua, intimidation and violence that arise both by the OPM and the security forces, the solution requires strong cooperation of all stake holders involved. Development, education and welfare a priority for local governments for welfare of the people of Papua in order to reduce provocation "independence of Papua" is always used by groups who deliberately makes the issue of Papua for the benefit of the group.
Arti Nasionalisme di Papua
[JAYAPURA] Nasionalisme Indonesia dalam konteks politik lokal Papua, bukan sekadar cium bendera Merah Putih, hafal Pancasila dan Undang-Undang Dasar 1945, ikut upacara bendera setiap 17 Agustus. Tetapi nasionalisme Indonesia bagi masyarakat asli Papua adalah sekolah gratis, lampu tidak padam, kesejahteraan, pelayanan kesehatan baik, air bersih, hutan terjaga, keadilan sosial dan keadilan ekonomi terwujud.
Menurut Sekretaris Jenderal Presidium Dewan Papua (PDP) Thaha Moh Alhamid, nasionalisme Indonesia bagi rakyat Papua adalah penghormatan terhadap hak asasi manusia (HAM) seperti memperoleh jaminan hak hidup dan hak-hak budaya bisa ditegakkan. Setiap orang mendapat nilai yang sama didepan umum juga birokrasi yang bersih dari korupsi.. Otsus diharapkan dapat memberikan segala kebutuhan yang diharapkan oleh rakyat Papua. Bendera Papua Baru yang mesti di kibarkan adalah bendera hak hidup, kesejahteraan rakyat, penghormatan hak asasi manusia, keadilan sosial dan keadilan dan bukan bendera simbol suatu gerakan. Optimalisasi UU No 21/ 2001 tentang Otonomi Khusus perlu dilakukan secara serius dengan didasari komitmen kuat antara pemerintah daerah, pemerintah pusat, seluruh stakeholders, tokoh dan pemuka agama serta rakyat Papua untuk membangun dan mensejahterakan Papua.
Otsus dengan didasari komitmen bersama untuk memajukan Papua, dapat menjadi solusi untuk menyelesaikan kompleksnya persoalan di Papua yang semakin hari semakin sulit dipecahkan. Penyelesaiannyapun membutuhkan waktu yang tidak sebentar, karena pemberantasan korupsi, illegal logging, penjarahan kekayaan alam di Papua, intimidasi dan kekerasan yang muncul baik oleh OPM dan aparat keamanan , penyelesaiannya membutuhkan kerjasama kuat seluruh stake holders yang terlibat. Pembangunan, pendidikan dan kesejahteraan menjadi prioritas bagi pemerintah daerah untuk mensejahterakan rakyat Papua sehingga dapat mereduksi provokasi “kemerdekaan Papua” yang selalu digunakan oleh kelompok-kelompok yang sengaja menjadikan isu Papua untuk kepentingan kelompoknya.
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Senin, 30 November 2009
Papua is land of peace
After Indonesia government succeeds to implement special autonomy in Papua, both central and local government are actively promoting the development of economic and social infrastructures covering city building, energy systems, communication, health care, and education.
The implementation of special autonomy has attracted many Papuan living at overseas. Displacement happened in the past have been reduced due to the success of repatriation. Hundreds of TPN/OPM members are ready to come back to the city and wants to be the Republic of Indonesia Citizen (NKRI).Furthermore, they believe Indonesia government to incarnate prosperity and development In Papua as president Jusuf Kalla statement that Jakarta gets fund from Freeport Rp 17 trillion, meanwhile Jakarta gives back financial support to Papua Rp 29 trillion or double from that is taken from Papua. “So again it is untrue if Jakarta only obtained money from Papua,”he added
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The implementation of special autonomy has attracted many Papuan living at overseas. Displacement happened in the past have been reduced due to the success of repatriation. Hundreds of TPN/OPM members are ready to come back to the city and wants to be the Republic of Indonesia Citizen (NKRI).Furthermore, they believe Indonesia government to incarnate prosperity and development In Papua as president Jusuf Kalla statement that Jakarta gets fund from Freeport Rp 17 trillion, meanwhile Jakarta gives back financial support to Papua Rp 29 trillion or double from that is taken from Papua. “So again it is untrue if Jakarta only obtained money from Papua,”he added
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Selasa, 24 November 2009
Deforestation threatens Indonesia's Papua region
Jayapura – Logging and agribusiness is threatening environmental destruction in Indonesia's Papua region, one of the world's last vast wildernesses.The governors of the two provinces in the region on the western end of New Guinea island told an international environmental conference a strategy was needed to avoid the mistakes that have decimated other Indonesian regions.
West Papua Governor Abraham Atururi said that pressure and threats to biodiversity in Papua are increasing. Papua is becoming a target for massive agro and forestry industry investment. His government had received an increasing number of requests for development and feared environmental destruction from illegal logging aimed at clearing land for plantations. In this regard, Papua should not repeat the failure to manage forests and biodiversity that has happened in Kalimantan (Borneo) and Sumatra.
In the meantime, The governor of Papua province, which sits on the eastern end of the region, Barnabas Suebu, said preserving the tropical forest-blanketed region was key to helping absorb the gases that cause climate change. The capacity of Papua's 42 million hectares (104 million acres) of forests to process CO2 is equivalent to the carbon footprint of nearly all the population of Europe.
Indonesia, which spreads across over 17,000 islands, has been a key advocate for plans being floated ahead of global climate talks in Copenhagen in December that would see developing countries paid to conserve forests and peatlands. Deforestation, largely on Borneo and Sumatra, has seen the country become the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases
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West Papua Governor Abraham Atururi said that pressure and threats to biodiversity in Papua are increasing. Papua is becoming a target for massive agro and forestry industry investment. His government had received an increasing number of requests for development and feared environmental destruction from illegal logging aimed at clearing land for plantations. In this regard, Papua should not repeat the failure to manage forests and biodiversity that has happened in Kalimantan (Borneo) and Sumatra.
In the meantime, The governor of Papua province, which sits on the eastern end of the region, Barnabas Suebu, said preserving the tropical forest-blanketed region was key to helping absorb the gases that cause climate change. The capacity of Papua's 42 million hectares (104 million acres) of forests to process CO2 is equivalent to the carbon footprint of nearly all the population of Europe.
Indonesia, which spreads across over 17,000 islands, has been a key advocate for plans being floated ahead of global climate talks in Copenhagen in December that would see developing countries paid to conserve forests and peatlands. Deforestation, largely on Borneo and Sumatra, has seen the country become the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases
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Senin, 23 November 2009
Mimika residents hope for peace in Freeport
Timika - Residents of Mimika, Papua, hoped the security situation in the area of PT Freeport Indonesia would soon be restored to normal and no more terror after kelly kwalik's funeral.
Anti Violence Human Right Foundation (YAHAMAK) vice president, Arnold Ronsumbre, said that all Mimika residents are hoping for peace in the area. We want to live in peace and don`t want a recurrence of the shooting incidents.
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Anti Violence Human Right Foundation (YAHAMAK) vice president, Arnold Ronsumbre, said that all Mimika residents are hoping for peace in the area. We want to live in peace and don`t want a recurrence of the shooting incidents.
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The existence of GSP Support Group on Foreign Affairs
Emmanuel Octavianus
We need to know that for the moment, Papua Separatist Movement 'Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC)' led by Benny Wenda and Richard Samuelson, actively mobilize the international forces in the UK. Looks like this organization actively campaigning for the independence of Papua, by manipulating the facts to influence international opinion, in order to achieve support for its struggle to separate Papua from the Republic of Indonesia.
Indonesian society knows that the Papuan situation today, compared to 15 years ago has started to improve, even more so since the era of reform emerged, and dignity, the dignity of society are protected, then the society free from fear and discrimination.
In order to succeed in Papua Special Autonomy program, the main thing needed is a system of government dibenahai in Papua. This must be done, because it must be adjusted with the breath of Autonomy Act specifically, in order to improve public services in Papua.
In the meantime, do with a group of Papuan independence supporters outside the country, which until now often maneuver, as happened in England with sponsored by the 'Free West Papua Campaign' or (FWPC). Maneuver is a major threat to the integrity of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). FWPC separatist movement active campaigning and mobilizing an international force for the independence of Papua, to discredit the Government of Indonesia.
The aim of the Papuan separatist movement abroad is, to gain political support from the local state, which then are directed to the international world, in order to achieve its goal to separate Papua from the Republic of Indonesia or to self-determination (Self Determination). All efforts are made is as a way to provoke the UN response.
Source : www.papuatoday.com
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We need to know that for the moment, Papua Separatist Movement 'Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC)' led by Benny Wenda and Richard Samuelson, actively mobilize the international forces in the UK. Looks like this organization actively campaigning for the independence of Papua, by manipulating the facts to influence international opinion, in order to achieve support for its struggle to separate Papua from the Republic of Indonesia.
Indonesian society knows that the Papuan situation today, compared to 15 years ago has started to improve, even more so since the era of reform emerged, and dignity, the dignity of society are protected, then the society free from fear and discrimination.
In order to succeed in Papua Special Autonomy program, the main thing needed is a system of government dibenahai in Papua. This must be done, because it must be adjusted with the breath of Autonomy Act specifically, in order to improve public services in Papua.
In the meantime, do with a group of Papuan independence supporters outside the country, which until now often maneuver, as happened in England with sponsored by the 'Free West Papua Campaign' or (FWPC). Maneuver is a major threat to the integrity of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). FWPC separatist movement active campaigning and mobilizing an international force for the independence of Papua, to discredit the Government of Indonesia.
The aim of the Papuan separatist movement abroad is, to gain political support from the local state, which then are directed to the international world, in order to achieve its goal to separate Papua from the Republic of Indonesia or to self-determination (Self Determination). All efforts are made is as a way to provoke the UN response.
Source : www.papuatoday.com
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Senin, 16 November 2009
Papuan biodiversity conference ends with commitment to preserving nature
Niken Prathivi, The Jakarta Post , Jayapura, Papua
The International Biodiversity Conference on Sustainable Development closed here Saturday, urging the central government to help Papua preserve its natural environment for sustainable development. organizing committee chief Noak Kapisa said this conference recommends the central government implement an agenda and regulations that support the establishment of conservation forests.
All parties including the government, the private sector and locals must obey the regulations. The conference also recommended Papua become a leading force in reducing harmful emissions over the next seven years by undertaking a conservation project and preserving Papua's unique ecosystem. Papua has been asked to introduce an environmental education project in educational institutions from elementary schools to universities. the recommendations would also be presented to the second UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen next month. Around 400 scientists, environmentalists, government officials and residents participated in the four-day conference.
Responding to the five recommendations, Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu said the residents of Papua and the central government must work together to encourage the international society to preserve the environment for the future.
"Let us save Papua, Indonesia and the planet."
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The International Biodiversity Conference on Sustainable Development closed here Saturday, urging the central government to help Papua preserve its natural environment for sustainable development. organizing committee chief Noak Kapisa said this conference recommends the central government implement an agenda and regulations that support the establishment of conservation forests.
All parties including the government, the private sector and locals must obey the regulations. The conference also recommended Papua become a leading force in reducing harmful emissions over the next seven years by undertaking a conservation project and preserving Papua's unique ecosystem. Papua has been asked to introduce an environmental education project in educational institutions from elementary schools to universities. the recommendations would also be presented to the second UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen next month. Around 400 scientists, environmentalists, government officials and residents participated in the four-day conference.
Responding to the five recommendations, Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu said the residents of Papua and the central government must work together to encourage the international society to preserve the environment for the future.
"Let us save Papua, Indonesia and the planet."
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PNG not for opponents of unitary state of Indonesia
PNG Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare assured here on Friday that his country fully supports the integrity of the Unitary State of Indonesia. Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said after accompanying President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a meeting with Prime Minister Somare said that Prime Minister Somare emphasized is that Papua New Guinea supports the Unitary State of Indonesia. He several times stated that the country could not be used for launching activities against the Unitary State of Indonesia. Prime Minister Somare reaffirmed that the current status of Papua was final as part of the Unitary State of Indonesia.
During the meeting that lasted for about 30 minutes at Hotel Marina Mandarin Prime Minister Somare and President Yudhoyono had also discussed border cooperation. Regarding the hundreds of Indonesians from Papua who are now still staying in Papua New Guinea, the two governments had agreed to repatriate them in stages. Cooperation between RI-PNG will be enhanced not only in the field of security but also the economy. Therefore a checkpoint would soon be opened at the border to facilitate the traffic of people particularly traditional border crossers. on November 19 and November 22, 2009, there are many of Papuan who have moved to Papua New Guinea have already been repatriated.
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During the meeting that lasted for about 30 minutes at Hotel Marina Mandarin Prime Minister Somare and President Yudhoyono had also discussed border cooperation. Regarding the hundreds of Indonesians from Papua who are now still staying in Papua New Guinea, the two governments had agreed to repatriate them in stages. Cooperation between RI-PNG will be enhanced not only in the field of security but also the economy. Therefore a checkpoint would soon be opened at the border to facilitate the traffic of people particularly traditional border crossers. on November 19 and November 22, 2009, there are many of Papuan who have moved to Papua New Guinea have already been repatriated.
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Jumat, 30 Oktober 2009
Gubernur papua berupaya dalam melindungi hutan
Dalam mengatasi deforestasi di Papua, o Gubernur Papua, Barnabas Suebu mengatakan bahwa semua pemegang HPH harus mengembangkan fasilitas pengolahan kayu di Papua, seperti larangan ekspor log mentah akan tetap di tempatnya. Mereka harus juga setuju untuk menanam lima pohon untuk setiap satu mereka dipotong. Peraturan sebagai upaya untuk mengontrol karena sedikitnya 7,2 juta meter kubik kayu di Papua dipotong setahun, terus menyusut dengan 42 juta hektar hutan, yang memiliki tingkat keanekaragaman hayati tertinggi di dunia.
Pada akhirnya, Mr Suebu berjanji untuk menyelamatkan hutan papua dan mengelolanya secara berkelanjutan dan menghasilkan uang untuk mengentaskan kemiskinan dan menciptakan kemakmuran bagi seluruh Papua sebagai tujuan dari kebijakan.
The Age/30 Oktober 2009
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Pada akhirnya, Mr Suebu berjanji untuk menyelamatkan hutan papua dan mengelolanya secara berkelanjutan dan menghasilkan uang untuk mengentaskan kemiskinan dan menciptakan kemakmuran bagi seluruh Papua sebagai tujuan dari kebijakan.
The Age/30 Oktober 2009
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Rabu, 23 September 2009
Mimika focuses on alleviating maternal mortality rate
Markus Makur
The Mimika regency administration is focusing on alleviating the maternal mortality rate in their 12 districts through the local health office, in line with the program initiated by the provincial administration to provide good health care for people in rural areas of Papua, be they in the mountainous, hinterland or southern areas of Papua. The program will be implemented in every regency across the province by sending teams to provide counseling, medical checkups and food supplements for expectant mothers in rural areas.
The health office has posted medical workers in rural areas and in 13 community health clinics in the 12 districts of Mimika. Medical awareness among pregnant women in Mimika regency remains very low despite the medical services provided by the clinics, so much so that Mimika is often regarded as lacking decent medical services.
Mimika Health Office head Erens Meokbun told reporters in Timika recently that medical workers often encountered obstacles in the field, such as from members of the community who refused to help themselves or those who were unaware of health care issues. Meokbun said as well as the drive to alleviate the maternal mortality rate by conducting routine medical checkups at the clinics in the 12 districts, the health office would also provide examinations for those infected with tuberculosis, malaria counseling and information on HIV/AIDS mitigation to people in villages.
"The teams from the health office are visiting villages and community health clinics to make the mobile clinic program across Papua a success by focusing on saving the lives of expectant mothers. The teams are currently working to provide medical checkups to pregnant women so their babies can grow and develop healthily," he said.
The Health Ministry has allocated Rp 5 billion (about US$500,000) to pay for the mobile clinics across Papua including using assistance funds from the provincial and regency administrations. The provincial health office has proposed Rp 6 billion in supporting funds from the regency administration's budgetary team in 2010. Meokbun said his office had distributed Jamkesmas health insurance cards to residents in rural areas. They will be exempted from paying medical bills when getting treatment in government-run hospitals and community health clinics.
When asked by reporters about the finding of malnutrition cases in Far East Mimika district, Meokbun confirmed five children in the Far East Mimika capital of Ayuka were suffering from malnutrition, and were currently being treated by a medical team.
Mimika's medium-term development program (2009-2013), approved by the local legislature a week ago, included a number of development plans, such as improving human resources in Mimika by providing equal access to education in rural areas; realizing free education in state-run, as well as private, schools; and providing good services to the public, such as good health care to the people in the villages.
Mimika Regent Klemen Tinal said his office would exempt students in state-run schools in Mimika from paying school fees throughout the 2009 budget period. "If there are schools, from elementary to senior high school level, demanding school fees, they should return the money to parents because the government has exempted Papuan students from paying school fees. "I am very serious about improving education here, by providing education to every Papuan child in the rural areas of Mimika," he said.
Source : The Archipelago | Timika | Wed, 09/23/2009 |
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The Mimika regency administration is focusing on alleviating the maternal mortality rate in their 12 districts through the local health office, in line with the program initiated by the provincial administration to provide good health care for people in rural areas of Papua, be they in the mountainous, hinterland or southern areas of Papua. The program will be implemented in every regency across the province by sending teams to provide counseling, medical checkups and food supplements for expectant mothers in rural areas.
The health office has posted medical workers in rural areas and in 13 community health clinics in the 12 districts of Mimika. Medical awareness among pregnant women in Mimika regency remains very low despite the medical services provided by the clinics, so much so that Mimika is often regarded as lacking decent medical services.
Mimika Health Office head Erens Meokbun told reporters in Timika recently that medical workers often encountered obstacles in the field, such as from members of the community who refused to help themselves or those who were unaware of health care issues. Meokbun said as well as the drive to alleviate the maternal mortality rate by conducting routine medical checkups at the clinics in the 12 districts, the health office would also provide examinations for those infected with tuberculosis, malaria counseling and information on HIV/AIDS mitigation to people in villages.
"The teams from the health office are visiting villages and community health clinics to make the mobile clinic program across Papua a success by focusing on saving the lives of expectant mothers. The teams are currently working to provide medical checkups to pregnant women so their babies can grow and develop healthily," he said.
The Health Ministry has allocated Rp 5 billion (about US$500,000) to pay for the mobile clinics across Papua including using assistance funds from the provincial and regency administrations. The provincial health office has proposed Rp 6 billion in supporting funds from the regency administration's budgetary team in 2010. Meokbun said his office had distributed Jamkesmas health insurance cards to residents in rural areas. They will be exempted from paying medical bills when getting treatment in government-run hospitals and community health clinics.
When asked by reporters about the finding of malnutrition cases in Far East Mimika district, Meokbun confirmed five children in the Far East Mimika capital of Ayuka were suffering from malnutrition, and were currently being treated by a medical team.
Mimika's medium-term development program (2009-2013), approved by the local legislature a week ago, included a number of development plans, such as improving human resources in Mimika by providing equal access to education in rural areas; realizing free education in state-run, as well as private, schools; and providing good services to the public, such as good health care to the people in the villages.
Mimika Regent Klemen Tinal said his office would exempt students in state-run schools in Mimika from paying school fees throughout the 2009 budget period. "If there are schools, from elementary to senior high school level, demanding school fees, they should return the money to parents because the government has exempted Papuan students from paying school fees. "I am very serious about improving education here, by providing education to every Papuan child in the rural areas of Mimika," he said.
Source : The Archipelago | Timika | Wed, 09/23/2009 |
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Selasa, 22 September 2009
Schools in Mimika interior closed for months
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Academic activity at schools in Mimika district`s interior have been at a standstill for the past few months because their teachers have become stuck in Timika city, one of the teachers said.
The principal of Jila district`s junior high school (SMP), Natalis Nimbitkendik, said he and other teachers at his school were still in Timika because they had no transportation to return to Jila.
"We can not return to Jila, because there is no transportation to get there," he said.
He said the teachers usually travel to Jila from Timika by a PT Freeport Indonesia helicopter hired by the Amungme and Kamoro Community Development Foundation (LPMAK).
Several villages in Jila district, such as Hoeya, Bela, Alama, Geselema and others are located 3,000 meters above sea level, and can only be reached by air transportation.
But since the shooting incidents in the concession area of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, the company`s helicopters no longer fly to Jila district nor to Keakwa in Central East Mimika district.
Cantius Emereyauw, a Kamoro tribal community figure, said for the past three months YPPK`s Bona Ventura elementary school had totally stopped operating. The whereabouts of its teachers were also unknown.
"There has been no schooling activity in the past three months, because the teachers are not at their stations," he said.
He said he was concerned about the pupils` future now that their schooling had been disrupted.
Elementary schools in Mimika which were run by the Catholic Education and School Foundation (YPKK) of Timika were also only operating now and then with casual teachers.
Meanwhile, the teachers with civil servant status were not around, and spending their time doing something else in the city, he said. Ironically, these teachers continued to receive their full salaries and allowances from the state.
The School Operational Assistance (BOS) funds the schools were receiving from the central or local governments were also being embezzled by the school principals with impunity.
"We urge Mimika`s local government through its relevant apparatus to pay serious attention to this situation," Cantius said.
Source : ANTARA News | Timika | Papua
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Academic activity at schools in Mimika district`s interior have been at a standstill for the past few months because their teachers have become stuck in Timika city, one of the teachers said.
The principal of Jila district`s junior high school (SMP), Natalis Nimbitkendik, said he and other teachers at his school were still in Timika because they had no transportation to return to Jila.
"We can not return to Jila, because there is no transportation to get there," he said.
He said the teachers usually travel to Jila from Timika by a PT Freeport Indonesia helicopter hired by the Amungme and Kamoro Community Development Foundation (LPMAK).
Several villages in Jila district, such as Hoeya, Bela, Alama, Geselema and others are located 3,000 meters above sea level, and can only be reached by air transportation.
But since the shooting incidents in the concession area of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport, the company`s helicopters no longer fly to Jila district nor to Keakwa in Central East Mimika district.
Cantius Emereyauw, a Kamoro tribal community figure, said for the past three months YPPK`s Bona Ventura elementary school had totally stopped operating. The whereabouts of its teachers were also unknown.
"There has been no schooling activity in the past three months, because the teachers are not at their stations," he said.
He said he was concerned about the pupils` future now that their schooling had been disrupted.
Elementary schools in Mimika which were run by the Catholic Education and School Foundation (YPKK) of Timika were also only operating now and then with casual teachers.
Meanwhile, the teachers with civil servant status were not around, and spending their time doing something else in the city, he said. Ironically, these teachers continued to receive their full salaries and allowances from the state.
The School Operational Assistance (BOS) funds the schools were receiving from the central or local governments were also being embezzled by the school principals with impunity.
"We urge Mimika`s local government through its relevant apparatus to pay serious attention to this situation," Cantius said.
Source : ANTARA News | Timika | Papua
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Rabu, 17 Juni 2009
Educating children in Timika no easy task
Markus Makur, Timika, Papua
School-aged children in Timika, Papua, apparently prefer scavenging for recyclable items, such as used soft drink cans, to attending school, as they can sell the items and earn money to supplement their families' income.
Their presence is easily noticeable along the roads in Timika city. They carry sacks on their backs, filling them with scrap items found in the city's garbage dumps, drains and canals.
Most of them are elementary school dropouts, something which can be attributed to the low level of awareness among parents of the importance of education. This problem must be resolved immediately to prevent school-aged children from scavenging on the streets in Timika. Parents must encourage their children to attend school for the sake of a better future.
The issue was raised by Kantius Yoseph Amereyauw, cultural leader of the Kamoro Community Tribal Council (Lemasko) and head of the Mimika Education Council, in Timika recently.
Amereyauw said that based on recent observations, he found many street children gathering scraps, especially empty soft drink cans, to sell to make money for their families.
"I often ask teachers why the children, mostly native Papuans, do not attend school and are found on the streets collecting scraps, and they couldn't answer my question," he said.
Amereyauw expressed grave concerns over the inferior standard of education in Mimika for native Papuan children as most of them have dropped out of school and live on the streets. He said that most of the school-aged children do not attend school, likely due to their parents' ignorance on the importance of formal education.
"This is of grave concern to the local community in regards to the education progress of native Papuan children in Timika and those living in remote and mountainous areas of Mimika. I hope parents and the regency administration will look into the issue seriously and address it immediately for the sake of the children's future," Amereyauw said.
Pius Ilimagay, an Amungme tribal elder in Aramsolki village in Agimuga district, said parents in the village tend to lack awareness of the importance of education, as they continue the practice of taking their children to farm in the forest.
"Parents remain taking their children to farm in the jungle for months, thus forcing classrooms to be empty of students despite the presence of teachers. Parents should not blame teachers who return home, because they have no one to teach," Ilimagay said.
He added the government should play a bigger role in encouraging parents in remote and mountainous areas of Mimika to be more aware of the importance of education for their children.
"I hope parents in remote areas of Mimika will persuade their children to go to school because education is very important for the progress of an area," he said.
Head of the financial division at the Mimika regency administration Yohanes Bassang said his office had focused the regency budget and special autonomy funds on education and healthcare in an effort to empower the community. The administration is focusing these development programs on five disadvantaged districts.
"We have prioritized healthcare services, education and community empowerment in the development program by setting aside funds from the regency budget and special autonomy funds for Mimika," Bassang said.
He added the special autonomy funds stood at Rp 53 billion (US$4.8 million), while the regency budget amounted at Rp 1,4 trillion this year.
As reported earlier, the Mimika regency administration announced that it would provide free education from elementary to senior high school levels this year in a effort to motivate parents of native Papuans as well as migrants to send their children to school, without bearing the burden of school fees.
Source : | The Archipelago
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School-aged children in Timika, Papua, apparently prefer scavenging for recyclable items, such as used soft drink cans, to attending school, as they can sell the items and earn money to supplement their families' income.
Their presence is easily noticeable along the roads in Timika city. They carry sacks on their backs, filling them with scrap items found in the city's garbage dumps, drains and canals.
Most of them are elementary school dropouts, something which can be attributed to the low level of awareness among parents of the importance of education. This problem must be resolved immediately to prevent school-aged children from scavenging on the streets in Timika. Parents must encourage their children to attend school for the sake of a better future.
The issue was raised by Kantius Yoseph Amereyauw, cultural leader of the Kamoro Community Tribal Council (Lemasko) and head of the Mimika Education Council, in Timika recently.
Amereyauw said that based on recent observations, he found many street children gathering scraps, especially empty soft drink cans, to sell to make money for their families.
"I often ask teachers why the children, mostly native Papuans, do not attend school and are found on the streets collecting scraps, and they couldn't answer my question," he said.
Amereyauw expressed grave concerns over the inferior standard of education in Mimika for native Papuan children as most of them have dropped out of school and live on the streets. He said that most of the school-aged children do not attend school, likely due to their parents' ignorance on the importance of formal education.
"This is of grave concern to the local community in regards to the education progress of native Papuan children in Timika and those living in remote and mountainous areas of Mimika. I hope parents and the regency administration will look into the issue seriously and address it immediately for the sake of the children's future," Amereyauw said.
Pius Ilimagay, an Amungme tribal elder in Aramsolki village in Agimuga district, said parents in the village tend to lack awareness of the importance of education, as they continue the practice of taking their children to farm in the forest.
"Parents remain taking their children to farm in the jungle for months, thus forcing classrooms to be empty of students despite the presence of teachers. Parents should not blame teachers who return home, because they have no one to teach," Ilimagay said.
He added the government should play a bigger role in encouraging parents in remote and mountainous areas of Mimika to be more aware of the importance of education for their children.
"I hope parents in remote areas of Mimika will persuade their children to go to school because education is very important for the progress of an area," he said.
Head of the financial division at the Mimika regency administration Yohanes Bassang said his office had focused the regency budget and special autonomy funds on education and healthcare in an effort to empower the community. The administration is focusing these development programs on five disadvantaged districts.
"We have prioritized healthcare services, education and community empowerment in the development program by setting aside funds from the regency budget and special autonomy funds for Mimika," Bassang said.
He added the special autonomy funds stood at Rp 53 billion (US$4.8 million), while the regency budget amounted at Rp 1,4 trillion this year.
As reported earlier, the Mimika regency administration announced that it would provide free education from elementary to senior high school levels this year in a effort to motivate parents of native Papuans as well as migrants to send their children to school, without bearing the burden of school fees.
Source : | The Archipelago
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Senin, 08 Juni 2009
Local Government of Papua to establish a 'cultural laboratory' to preserve native language.
The Papuan Government is planning to build a cultural laboratory this year as a means to preserve its diverse cultures, Antara state news agency reported Friday. Masmur Asso of the Papuan Culture and Tourism Agency said Papua was slowly losing its many various cultures because of the infiltration of foreign cultures.
“If no measures are taken to find a solution to this problem, future generations will not be able to get to know Papuan culture,” Masmur said. One way to preserve Papuan culture, he said, was to build a cultural laboratory, which would act as a library to store data and information on the many Papuan cultures.
“The laboratory would serve as a center for research, as well as a recreation spot for anyone wanting to learn more about Papuan cultures.” It is important for future generations to learn the vastly varying languages and folklores of the Papuan peoples. If younger generations are influenced by foreign cultures, it is not unforseeable that one day local languages and folklore may be forgotten and become extinct,” Masmur warned.Through the laboratory, Masmur hopes young Papuans can develop a greater appreciation for their own culture. “Foreigners have been coming here to research our culture. It’s high time Papuans themselves had more respect for their own culture.”
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“If no measures are taken to find a solution to this problem, future generations will not be able to get to know Papuan culture,” Masmur said. One way to preserve Papuan culture, he said, was to build a cultural laboratory, which would act as a library to store data and information on the many Papuan cultures.
“The laboratory would serve as a center for research, as well as a recreation spot for anyone wanting to learn more about Papuan cultures.” It is important for future generations to learn the vastly varying languages and folklores of the Papuan peoples. If younger generations are influenced by foreign cultures, it is not unforseeable that one day local languages and folklore may be forgotten and become extinct,” Masmur warned.Through the laboratory, Masmur hopes young Papuans can develop a greater appreciation for their own culture. “Foreigners have been coming here to research our culture. It’s high time Papuans themselves had more respect for their own culture.”
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Minggu, 12 April 2009
Amungme tribespeople start enjoying rice
Markus Makur
Amungme tribespeople have exchanged rice for potatoes, cultivating their new staple on a 5-hectare plot in the Agimuga district in Mimika regency, Papua. Over the last three years, the tribespeople have produced hundreds of tons of rice.
Djafar Baco, a senior researcher at the Agricultural Technology Assessment Agency at the Makassar-based Hasanuddin University, said on Tuesday that their lands in the Aramsolki kampong are fertile and suitable for growing various crops such as carrots and onions. The local people had previously grown these crops but their harvests could not be sold and were left to rot due to the lack of cheap transportation to Timika, the capital of Mimika regency.
Djafar, who has been researching the Agimuga land since 2007, explained all Indonesian varieties of rice could be cultivated there. "I'm proud to see the willingness of Amungme tribespeople to grow rice of the *Gogo' type," Djafar said. Djafar was appointed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Papuan Agriculture Development Alliance in cooperation with the giant copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia.
Assisted by Stefanus Susant of the Mimika Agriculture Office, Djafar said he had advised the local people to grow rice. "Over the last three years, rice production here has been promising, which has encouraged other people to expand their paddy fields," Djafar said.
The rice is sold to a cooperative the Amungme tribe founded in cooperation with the Timika Church Diocese. There have so far been seven groups of farmers in Aramsolki under the guidance of USAID, which also provides equipment, including hand tractors and rice-milling machines.
Pius Ilimagay, head of the Aramsolki kampong, explained there was no longer any need for local villagers to buy expensive rice in Timika, which can only be reached by sea and air. Residents from five other kampongs in the district now buy rice from Aramsolki, rather than Timika. It takes up to two days to travel between the kampongs on foot. Ilimagay said despite the addition of rice crops, the local people still continued planting potatoes and tubers to meet demand.
He explained Amungme tribespeople no longer needed cash assistance but still required more direct guidance on properly cultivating and harvesting the rice crops. "We ask the Mimika administration to assist by providing quality rice seeds and agricultural experts. Don't just give the Amungme people money - teach them how to maximize their agricultural potential."
Hengky Walilo, from the local Aramsolki Catholic church, said USAID and Freeport had made a real difference as the local people were now able to harvest and eat rice. She said instead of simply talking, the companies had provided what the people needed.
The coordinator of the Papua Agriculture Development Alliance Project, Kornel Gartner, explained Aramsolki kampong was chosen to plant rice because the Catholic church has traditionally introduced agricultural practice to the local people, since Dutch colonial times. Another project being developed is the Papuan coffee plantation, which will be marketed overseas.
Source : The Archipelago Read More..
Amungme tribespeople have exchanged rice for potatoes, cultivating their new staple on a 5-hectare plot in the Agimuga district in Mimika regency, Papua. Over the last three years, the tribespeople have produced hundreds of tons of rice.
Djafar Baco, a senior researcher at the Agricultural Technology Assessment Agency at the Makassar-based Hasanuddin University, said on Tuesday that their lands in the Aramsolki kampong are fertile and suitable for growing various crops such as carrots and onions. The local people had previously grown these crops but their harvests could not be sold and were left to rot due to the lack of cheap transportation to Timika, the capital of Mimika regency.
Djafar, who has been researching the Agimuga land since 2007, explained all Indonesian varieties of rice could be cultivated there. "I'm proud to see the willingness of Amungme tribespeople to grow rice of the *Gogo' type," Djafar said. Djafar was appointed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Papuan Agriculture Development Alliance in cooperation with the giant copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia.
Assisted by Stefanus Susant of the Mimika Agriculture Office, Djafar said he had advised the local people to grow rice. "Over the last three years, rice production here has been promising, which has encouraged other people to expand their paddy fields," Djafar said.
The rice is sold to a cooperative the Amungme tribe founded in cooperation with the Timika Church Diocese. There have so far been seven groups of farmers in Aramsolki under the guidance of USAID, which also provides equipment, including hand tractors and rice-milling machines.
Pius Ilimagay, head of the Aramsolki kampong, explained there was no longer any need for local villagers to buy expensive rice in Timika, which can only be reached by sea and air. Residents from five other kampongs in the district now buy rice from Aramsolki, rather than Timika. It takes up to two days to travel between the kampongs on foot. Ilimagay said despite the addition of rice crops, the local people still continued planting potatoes and tubers to meet demand.
He explained Amungme tribespeople no longer needed cash assistance but still required more direct guidance on properly cultivating and harvesting the rice crops. "We ask the Mimika administration to assist by providing quality rice seeds and agricultural experts. Don't just give the Amungme people money - teach them how to maximize their agricultural potential."
Hengky Walilo, from the local Aramsolki Catholic church, said USAID and Freeport had made a real difference as the local people were now able to harvest and eat rice. She said instead of simply talking, the companies had provided what the people needed.
The coordinator of the Papua Agriculture Development Alliance Project, Kornel Gartner, explained Aramsolki kampong was chosen to plant rice because the Catholic church has traditionally introduced agricultural practice to the local people, since Dutch colonial times. Another project being developed is the Papuan coffee plantation, which will be marketed overseas.
Source : The Archipelago Read More..
Senin, 09 Maret 2009
West Papuan Traditional Food
There are two types of staple food in West Papua.
1. Sago, mostly consumed by Papuans in coastal areas: Biak, Serui, Jayapura, Merauke, etc. People don't normally grow sago as they grow wild all over the coastal areas. Normally people do not work hard here, fish is available, pork and others are in the jungles, and sago grows everywhere.
2. Sweet Potato, we who in the highlands grow and eat this as our staple food. Our main source of protein is pork, and also culturally very valuable. It was used to pay bride-price, pay fines, buy forests/trees to build houses, and it still has a very high value here. We work hard here to make garden, plant, breed, and grow the crops and animals, no wild pigs here as those in the coastal areas.
Coastal Papuans are generally referred to as the Austro-Melanesians, ancestors originated from Asia. Highlands are Papua-Melanesians, ancestors until today are not yet identified, but generally referred to as native Papuans in this land.
Our common meal and how is it prepared.
The meal is prepared with a method in Indonesian called "bakar batu" or "bake the stones", which means, heat the stones with fires. Dig hole on the ground, put grass, then put the hot stones on the grass, cover the stones with more grass, put the meal: normally sweet potatoes first, then put the stones on top of the potatoes. After this, put the grass again, then put the vegetables (such as cabbages, spinach, sweet-potato leaves, cassava leaves, papaya leaves, etc.), or fruits like cucumber, corn, etc.
We can mix meat with vegetables, just like in a pan in the Western and other modern society. So vegetables are mixed with the meat, well not mixed as in the West but they spread the taste and smell well over, to make it nice...
Mostly men prepare the fires, heat the stones, find the woods, find the grass, slaughter the meat, (or hunt) and women clean the meals in the water/stream, then prepare the meal, and sit on the side of the hole and put the meals into the "cooking pan" (which is the ground for us), then men help them by handing out hot stones (women mostly wait on the ground to give order to men where to put the stones, etc)
After all, we cover the cooking up with more grass and leave them for about an hour. Before opening, men go first to sort out the grass, then women can go some minutes later to open. Women are responsible to decide which meal to go which group (We do not eat individually in separate plates and spoons. We put meal on the ground for some people, we sit for meals in groups of young people, boys, girls, etc.)Our Drink West Papuan drink pure water and mostly unboilled one. We have pure and fresh water. But now it is changing, we are advised to boil water beforehand.
On the coastal areas, they also drink "saguer", and what I call Papuan wine, made out of coconut fruit. Taste coconut, but some minutes later, it shows its power.
We get water from its source, from the ground, stream, etc.
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1. Sago, mostly consumed by Papuans in coastal areas: Biak, Serui, Jayapura, Merauke, etc. People don't normally grow sago as they grow wild all over the coastal areas. Normally people do not work hard here, fish is available, pork and others are in the jungles, and sago grows everywhere.
2. Sweet Potato, we who in the highlands grow and eat this as our staple food. Our main source of protein is pork, and also culturally very valuable. It was used to pay bride-price, pay fines, buy forests/trees to build houses, and it still has a very high value here. We work hard here to make garden, plant, breed, and grow the crops and animals, no wild pigs here as those in the coastal areas.
Coastal Papuans are generally referred to as the Austro-Melanesians, ancestors originated from Asia. Highlands are Papua-Melanesians, ancestors until today are not yet identified, but generally referred to as native Papuans in this land.
Our common meal and how is it prepared.
The meal is prepared with a method in Indonesian called "bakar batu" or "bake the stones", which means, heat the stones with fires. Dig hole on the ground, put grass, then put the hot stones on the grass, cover the stones with more grass, put the meal: normally sweet potatoes first, then put the stones on top of the potatoes. After this, put the grass again, then put the vegetables (such as cabbages, spinach, sweet-potato leaves, cassava leaves, papaya leaves, etc.), or fruits like cucumber, corn, etc.
We can mix meat with vegetables, just like in a pan in the Western and other modern society. So vegetables are mixed with the meat, well not mixed as in the West but they spread the taste and smell well over, to make it nice...
Mostly men prepare the fires, heat the stones, find the woods, find the grass, slaughter the meat, (or hunt) and women clean the meals in the water/stream, then prepare the meal, and sit on the side of the hole and put the meals into the "cooking pan" (which is the ground for us), then men help them by handing out hot stones (women mostly wait on the ground to give order to men where to put the stones, etc)
After all, we cover the cooking up with more grass and leave them for about an hour. Before opening, men go first to sort out the grass, then women can go some minutes later to open. Women are responsible to decide which meal to go which group (We do not eat individually in separate plates and spoons. We put meal on the ground for some people, we sit for meals in groups of young people, boys, girls, etc.)Our Drink West Papuan drink pure water and mostly unboilled one. We have pure and fresh water. But now it is changing, we are advised to boil water beforehand.
On the coastal areas, they also drink "saguer", and what I call Papuan wine, made out of coconut fruit. Taste coconut, but some minutes later, it shows its power.
We get water from its source, from the ground, stream, etc.
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Selasa, 24 Februari 2009
Indonesia-Australia
(Free West Papua) A short note from Sidney 23 Feb 2009.
Australian government is going the wrong way about improving relations with Indonesia if it continues to ignore the Aborigines (Indigenous Australians) while talking about West Papua issue. The genocide of Aborigines is a bad history that Indonesia should avoid in West Papua.
If Australia really wants to improve the relationship with Indonesia, we should be actually talking and discussing the issues of Aborigines genocide and the human rights situation in West Papua simultaneously. By ignoring it, it’s only putting it on the backburner and one day will explode and probably destroy the good image of Australian people in the world.
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Selasa, 03 Februari 2009
Tourism in West Papua
Tourists are mostly Dutch and German, who come to West Papua travel to the Baliem Valley in the highlands. The main town, Wamena, draws tourists who are interested in trekking and in the culture of the local Dani tribes.
Although the Indonesian administration has previously tried to force them to wear clothes and live a more "civilised" lifestyle, today they are happy if they go naked because it is good for tourism.
In the village of Manda for example, clothed villagers are barred from the village while near-naked tribes-people, well-rehearsed and divided into two twelve-member teams, cook and dance in the traditional way for camera carrying tourists. The tourists pay for the food, the dancing, the photos, some handicrafts and a night's accommodation.
Tourists can stay in a village, completely built by the co-operative to house visitors. The villagers will dress traditionally, dance and have a feast for paying tourists.
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Although the Indonesian administration has previously tried to force them to wear clothes and live a more "civilised" lifestyle, today they are happy if they go naked because it is good for tourism.
In the village of Manda for example, clothed villagers are barred from the village while near-naked tribes-people, well-rehearsed and divided into two twelve-member teams, cook and dance in the traditional way for camera carrying tourists. The tourists pay for the food, the dancing, the photos, some handicrafts and a night's accommodation.
Tourists can stay in a village, completely built by the co-operative to house visitors. The villagers will dress traditionally, dance and have a feast for paying tourists.
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