Project Description
Location: Amberbaken en Arfu districten, north coast Vogelkop
Year: 2008
Adat land in Papua is hardly ever captured on paper let alone acknowledged in Papua. This is especially dangerous when companies, mostly supported by the government, want to occupy the land for plantations or mining. The original owners often come off short or fall for the temptations of short-term and easy money. Land is sold at a cheap rate. The goal is to collect data of the adat land ownership and making charts of it. This knowledge is then deployed to protect the land rights of the people.
