In West Papua’s Arfak Mountains, local leaders plot ecotourism boom

Mongabay
Nov 9, 2018, 3:27 am320 pts
MANOKWARI, Indonesia — High in the northwestern mountains of Indonesia’s West Papua province, the newly established Pegunungan Arfak district has a bold idea: Its leaders hope to achieve economic prosperity through conservation and ecotourism rather than selling off their land to mining and plantation…

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