Guardians of the Green Canopy How Professor Charlie Heatubun Bridges Botanical Discovery and Sustainable Policy in Papuas Rainforests
For Professor Dr. Charlie Danny Heatubun, the dense, mist-shrouded rainforests of Papua represent far more than a mere collection of biological assets or a scenic landscape. To this Professor of…
Healing the Coastal Scars of Biak Numfor How the 1996 Tsunami Survivor Efraim Rumkoren and Local Women are Restoring Papuas Mangrove Ecosystem.
Efraim Rumkoren, now 45, carries a vivid and indelible memory of the day his village was engulfed by what he then called "the flood from the sea," a phenomenon he…
The Environmental and Social Toll of Large-Scale Development Projects on Papuas Indigenous Lands and Biodiversity
The Indonesian provinces of Papua, long celebrated as one of the world’s last great wildernesses, are currently facing an unprecedented wave of industrial transformation that threatens to alter their ecological…








