In a Papuan district, tribes push to revive a legacy of sustainability

Mongabay
Jan 2, 2018, 2:09 am383 ptsTrending
JAYAPURA, Indonesia — On a sunny afternoon in early August, two tribal chiefs in northern Papua province, at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago, met to formalize the system of sustainable farming, forestry and fishing that their communities had practiced for generations. There was a sense of…

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