Indeed, it seems the interior of the country is so little-known and so unspoiled by modern civilisation, it would be surprising if we don't have any unexpected discoveries coming out of there in the nearish future.
Not to get all internet indignant about it, but the island is currently split into two countries thanks to the colonization by Indonesia. Which human rights advocates and indigenous leaders consider to be a systematic ethnic cleansing and cultural erasure of the indigenous Melanesian Papuan population. Along with an ecocide driven by a toxic mix of military occupation, corporate exploitation, and resource extraction.
The situation in West Papua is essentially one of the least recognized humanitarian and ecological tragedies slowly happening right under our noses.
What it has to do with the "cultural erasure" I quoted specifically? "Who owns the land" is a different problem that is not made simpler by the fact that the land is subject to tribal conflicts.
Really cool. I hope they succeed in establishing native rights to the forest before the logging companies make them extinct again.
I wouldn't be surprised if more such discoveries were found. Papua is, as best as I can describe it, insane.
Indeed, it seems the interior of the country is so little-known and so unspoiled by modern civilisation, it would be surprising if we don't have any unexpected discoveries coming out of there in the nearish future.
Not to get all internet indignant about it, but the island is currently split into two countries thanks to the colonization by Indonesia. Which human rights advocates and indigenous leaders consider to be a systematic ethnic cleansing and cultural erasure of the indigenous Melanesian Papuan population. Along with an ecocide driven by a toxic mix of military occupation, corporate exploitation, and resource extraction.
The situation in West Papua is essentially one of the least recognized humanitarian and ecological tragedies slowly happening right under our noses.
> cultural erasure of the indigenous Melanesian Papuan population
Old people lamenting how children learn about all those other ways of life? Some cultural isolates do really dumb things.
The military goes in and splits up their communities by murdering them on behalf of logging and mining companies.
What it has to do with the "cultural erasure" I quoted specifically? "Who owns the land" is a different problem that is not made simpler by the fact that the land is subject to tribal conflicts.