Monthly Archives: January 2013

MIFEE-affected communities want their land back

By admin | Published: January 31, 2013

A roundup of recent material about MIFEE, January 2013, from Down To Earth Indigenous communities living along the Bian and Maro Rivers in Merauke, southern Papua, have demanded the return of their customary lands taken for the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) mega-project. A set of demands issued after four days of community […]

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New Video: Marind Anim

By admin | Published: January 27, 2013

New from Papuan Voices, another video about MIFEE and its destructive effect on the Marind (or Malind) people of Merauke. This latest movie, described by it’s creators as experimental, is a mostly unnarrated exploration of different aspects of daily life for the Marind people in Bibikem village.

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Life in the Transmigration Zone

By admin | Published: January 24, 2013

The latest short video from the Papuan Voices team, Hidup di Trans (life in the transmigration zone) gives a glimpse into some of the problems a local man has faced due to the government-sponsored transmigration policies which started in the 1980s and 1990s. The new plantations connected to MIFEE will also mean a huge influx […]

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Destroying Local Livelihoods With Mifee

By admin | Published: January 20, 2013

At the launch of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project in 2010, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced that the agribusinesses involved would “feed Indonesia, then feed the world.” But the Malind Anim people of Merauke, Papua, say they are worried that the impacts of the project known as Mifee will prevent them from […]

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PT Selaras Inti Semesta’s Unkept Promises to Senegi Villagers.

By admin | Published: January 8, 2013

The leader of the Merauke District Legislative Council, Leonardus Mahuze says that PT Selaras Inti Semesta, a company logging forest owned by the people of Senegi village in Okaba district, has not fulfilled the promises it made when it started its operations there. That was how Leo described the situation to tabloidjubi.com, on Thursday (3/1).He […]

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MIFEE: Recent News Reports

By admin | Published: January 7, 2013

Representatives of the Lembaga Masyarakat Adat (Customary People’s Assocation), together with other people affected by the MIFEE mega-agriculture project, made a visit to Papuan provincial capital Jayapura just before Christmas. In meetings with Papuan media, they explained the new problems local communities in the Merauke Area are facing as different companies rush to develop oil […]

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