Tom Beanal, Amungme activist and winner on the Tides Award in 1997, claimed, “These corporations have taken about and occupied our land. Even the sacred mountains we expect of as our mom are arbitrarily torn up by them and they've not felt in the least responsible. Gold and copper are already taken by Freeport for that past 30 many years, but

“There was nothing at all out with the everyday in what we have been performing that day,” Sraun claims. “We have been simply holding a discussion, which is something we did frequently.” The weather in West Papua also has a tendency to be similar to the local weather from the Papua Province, and that is tropical with rainfall varying

Tom Beanal, Amungme activist and winner on the Tides Award in 1997, explained, “These businesses have taken above and occupied our land. Even the sacred mountains we think of as our mom have been arbitrarily torn up by them and they may have not felt in the least responsible. Gold and copper have already been taken by Freeport to the past 30

The Amungme feel They are really the descendents of a mom who sacrificed her daily life to become the forests, mountains and rivers that feed and provides shelter to the Papuan folks. In accordance with the Amungme generation Tale, the lush and geographically assorted landscape of Papua was once a swamp. “This sort of impunity is common in

Tom Beanal, Amungme activist and winner of the Tides Award in 1997, explained, “These businesses have taken about and occupied our land. Even the sacred mountains we expect of as our mother have been arbitrarily torn up by them and they've not felt in the least guilty. Gold and copper have been taken by Freeport for the earlier thirty years,