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Asia · Jayapura

Papuan women's mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution

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On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the surrounding mangrove forests.See the Story

Jayapura · Jayapura

Journalist charged for defamation

NCD Metropolitan Commander Silva Sika has confirmed that local journalist Hennah Joku from Jayapura, Indonesia was arrested and charged with two counts of making a defamatory publication using any electronic device by the NCD Cybercrime Unit at 7-mile. The post Journalist charged for defamation appeared first on Post Courier.See the Story

Pollution · Jayapura

Papuan women's mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution - The Turtle Island News

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the surrounding mangrove forests. Merauje and the women of her village, Enggros, practice the tradition of Tonotwiyat, which literally means “working in the forest.” For six generations, women from the 700-strong Papuan population there have worked among …See the Story

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