Im Westen von #Papua-Neuguinea herrscht die indonesische #Kolonialmacht. Sie hat den Großkonzernen Tür und Tor geöffnet. Lakshmi Thevasagayam kennt die Hintergründe. https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1190122.papua-neuguinea-der-stille-genozid-in-westpapua.html
#Regenwald Im Süden von #Papua droht den Indigenen und ihrer Natur eine Tragödie: Auf zwei Millionen Hektar entsteht dort eine gewaltige #Zuckerrohr-Industrie. https://www.regenwald.org/regenwaldreport/2025/693/kein-kahlschlag-auf-unserem-land?mtu=625966644&t=25283
@EricLawton ... and even better: buy palmoil-free products! If they have no label in your country, you can find lists in the internet: https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/11/palm-oil-free-brands/
The world’s largest and most spectacular looking #pigeon is the Victoria crowned pigeon of #Papua 
They are declining due to #palmoil and #hunting 
Help them to survive! be #vegan #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/05/12/victoria-crowned-pigeon-victoria-goura/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
#Indigene verfügen über einen intellektuellen Reichtum, der als „traditionelles ökologisches Wissen“ bekannt ist und von Generation zu Generation weitergegeben wird. Ihr Umgang mit dem #Wald und dem Land dient dazu, das Überleben der Gemeinschaft zu sichern. Sie nutzen den Wald so, dass er erhalten bleibt. Wir hoffen, dass die internationalen Freunde sich mit uns solidarisieren, damit die #Wälder von #Papua noch gerettet werden.
Mehr in unserem #Magazin #Regenwald Report: https://www.regenwald.org/regenwaldreport/2025/686/der-wald-gibt-leben-uns-allen
#Petition Stoppt den Kahlschlag im Wald der Marind! #Indonesien #Papua #Westpapua #Regenwald
https://regenwald.org/petitionen/1302?t=22382-3646-3-1
#Regenwald.org #Indonesien Mehr als zwei Millionen Hektar #Wald in #Papua sind akut bedroht. Die indonesische Regierung will in #Merauke riesige Plantagen für# Zuckerrohr und #Reis errichten. Stoppt den Kahlschlag im Wald der #Marind! https://www.regenwald.org/nl/4885/1/625048604
Today in Labor History March 7, 1996: A crowd of 3,000 workers destroyed the Freeport copper mine facilities in Tamika, Irian Jaya (West Papua). They took this action after a company security guard ran over a member of the Dani clan. Protesters kept operations shut down and demanded an end to human rights violations, eco-terrorism and cultural genocide by the company. Overnight, the international price of copper jumped from $15 per ton to $2580 per ton.
Elusive, mysterious and majestic New Guinea Singing #Dogs 
are heard before they're seen with haunting overlapping howls in packs. #Mining and #PalmOil in #Papua 
are threats. Fight for them and #BoycottPalmOil 
️ #Boycott4Wildlife
http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/12/25/new-guinea-singing-dog-canis-hallstromi/
Children can not vote.
But they can user their voices to sing:
"Our land, water and forest are being destroyed /
So many years since it was new /
The sun still sets ans rises on /
a world of green and blue. /
Woods and oceans plants and streams /
A beauty that is stunning in /
its wild variety. /
Open your eyes, open your heart /
The natural world is a work of art /
A miracle, so finely tuned /
something to love not to consume."
This song is a call to action from the children of West Papua.
This video was shot in West Papua and is a collaboration between us and Phuyaklah Voices, a children choir from the shores of Lake Sentani in West Papua working alongside the brilliant charity Papua Partners.
"Mana Neaijea Onomire Roumealeh Yea - It's Time to Heal"
The Goldie’s #Bird of Paradise is a shimmering bird of #Papua’s jungles putting on a rainbow performance. They’re #vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Help them survive when you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 
@palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/03/goldies-bird-of-paradise-paradisaea-decora/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
Indigenous children sleep as they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis to the Caritas Technical Secondary School, in Port Moresby, #Papua New Guinea, September 7. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
One thing I've done in preparation for #WikipediaAsianMonth is to greatly increase the length and citations in the article about the internment camp at Boven Digoel; for such a big topic, the article was quite rudimentary. Even after a few days on it I've barely scratched the surface of the possible sources, as some memoirs of ex-internees are out there, and millions of words in the Dutch and Malay press from its time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boven-Digoel_concentration_camp
"Excavators have begun clearing land in the #Indonesian region of #Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation undertaking in the world.
A total of 2 million hectares (5 million acres) of forests, wetlands and grasslands in Merauke district will be razed to make way for a cluster of giant #sugarcane plantations."
I have questions:
WHO will eat the sugarcane? Cars? People? Which people?
Neuseeländer nach 19 Monaten als Geisel in Papua frei
19 Monate lang wurde ein Neuseeländer von Separatisten in der indonesischen Region Papua als Geisel gehalten - nun kam er wieder frei. Nach langen Verhandlungen griffen Polizei und Militär ihn in einem abgelegenen Bezirk auf.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST DEFORESTATION PROJECT HAS BEGUN. Amid the paradise forests of #Papua, #Indonesia, a business consortium has started destroying what will eventually be 20,000 square kilometers slated for the "Meruake Intergrated Food and Energy Development Area." That’s 112 times the size of Washington, DC.
The company, PT Global Papua Abadi and partners like Sulaidy (linked to First Resources Ltd.) are destroying habitat for endangered tree kangaroos and birds of paradise. The land was allotted to the companies without seeming concern for the Indigenous communities who live on it.
The photo below is of the latest shipment of 264 excavators bought from China. It's part of a mind-boggling order of 2000 land-clearing machines. This is likely the largest single deforestation project in the world…and it makes no sense.
Although the stated rationale is that the project will provide climate resilience and food security, the reality is the opposite: this level of deforestation will pump about a billion tons of carbon pollution into the atmosphere and bulldoze local food gardens to make room for mono-culture sugar and rice plantations. Much of the sugar won't go to food, but rather ethanol to be burned in gas tanks. Simply put, it is a disaster.
It follows previous failed efforts to establish state-backed plantation agriculture: the "Mega-Rice Project" on Borneo's peatland rainforest resulted in hundreds of thousands of acres of degraded land…but no permanent rice (rice doesn't grow well on peat). This project seems likely to end in similar failure.
The tragedy is that this project would also single-handedly undermine Indonesia's greatest climate success: reducing the rate of commodity deforestation by an amazing 90%.
I hope that President Jokowi, incoming President Prabowo, and Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurubaya will examine the project to see if the companies involved are actually delivering on its purposes – or are instead breaking the government's legal commitments.
There is reason for hope: the government recently took the brave step of stopping another company's threat to forests: Mayawana Persada’s destruction of more than 90,000 acres in Borneo. They acted acted because the destruction undermined the government’s nationally determined climate commitments (NDCs): to restore 2 million hectares of peatland and 12 million of degraded land.
The Merauke project is about 50 times as big as Mayawana Persada’s: It's hard to understand how it passes legal muster or contributes to the country’s admirable goals.
Indonesia’s forest success has been a signal accomplishment of the Jokowi administration – and an example for the world. As the administration comes to a close, the President and his successor have the opportunity to secure one of Indonesia’s greatest examples of international leadership into the future.
#deforestation #Climate #climatechange #biodiversity #PolyCrises
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/sugarcane-megaproject-poses-latest-threat-to-papuas-forests-communities/
Dua juta hektar #hutanhujan di tanah #Papua wilayah #masyarakatadat #indigenous peoples di #Merauke direncanakan untuk industri gula dan #bioethanol. Pada 23 Juli 2024, Presiden Joko Widodo melakukan penanaman tebu perdana di lokasi perusahaan tebu PT Global Papua Abadi di Kampung Sermayam. Pada 29 Juli, 2000 excavator milik Jhonlin Group tiba di Papua. Pembukaan jutaan hektar #hutan dan perampasan tanah #masyarakatadat akan menciptakan segudang persoalan baru
https://www.hutanhujan.org/updates/12360/proyek-gula-dan-bioetanol-merauke-jalan-menuju-krisis-ekologi-dan-ham
Mehr... Lieblingsfotos?
More... Favorite photos? 
by Artist: #JackJohns in Loc.: #Papua #CenderawasihBay.Neuguinea - Title: untitled (Whale Shark) - #Art #Streetart #PhotoArt #Fotografie #Photography #Ocean #Wildlife #Nature #WhaleShark #Artist #Travel 
#APhotoLove
Papuan tribe, palm oil firms battle for land rights in Indonesian top court
In a jungled corner of #Indonesia's #Papua, the Awyu tribe await a Supreme Court verdict that will determine whether thousands of hectares of rainforest will be cleared for a vast palm oil concession to be planted atop the graves of their ancestors.
"Birds of paradise, cassowaries... sacred places, and the paths of our ancestors are there," said Awyu man, Hendrikus 'Franky' Woro.
