West Papua has the world’s third largest tropical rain forest and is rich in natural resources, including gold, copper, natural gas, minerals, timber and palm oil.
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But in the coming decades, the area is designated for large-scale deforestation under the Indonesian regime. ULMWP plans to issue notices to all mining companies-including oil, gas, mining, logging and palm oil-warning that if they do not comply with international environmental standards, they will have to stop operations.
Wenda calls on the international climate movement and governments to seriously stop climate change in order to help West Papua win its independence. “If you want to save the world, you must save West Papua,” he said.
“The forest is being destroyed by logging companies and large corporations. Multinational companies come to destroy it, and people go to jail and are killed.
He said: “It’s really sad to see this. That’s why we announced the green country vision to restore balance and restore our identity, our culture, our forests and our mountains.” The green country vision provides the world with He added a solution to combat climate change.
“Indonesia’s illegal occupation of West Papua is contributing to the destruction of one of the most important tropical rain forests in the world,” Robinson said.
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She added that ensuring the right to self-determination in West Papua would also ensure the protection of the environment and climate by allowing the indigenous guardians of the land to take back control, protection and management of its resources.
Jo Jo Mehta, the founder of Stop Ecocide, supported ULMWP at the press conference. “West Papua has some of the greatest ecosystems in the world, but it also contains huge gold and copper mines. No wonder the occupying powers are so coveted,” she said at the press conference.
“Ecological extinction literally means to kill a person’s home. This is deeply recognized in the green country vision launched today. We hope to support the right to self-determination of West Papuans and their respect and protection of the rich creatures that make up their homeland. The determination of a diverse ecosystem,” she said.
Nick Deardon, director of Global Justice Now, said that ULMWP creates a more compelling vision for how to deal with climate change than anyone in the world’s wealthiest country gathered at COP26.
“At the COP this week, we saw leaders of rich countries once again proving that they cannot and will not take the necessary measures to respond to climate emergencies.
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“They are far from embedding the principles laid down in this wonderful green country vision, but doing everything possible to maintain the existing power structure in the world and do as little as possible.”
But he said that we have reasons for hope. “Only when those who are exploited, oppressed and marginalized by the system begin to take matters into their own hands, things will change.
“This is what we see here. When we leave the COP, we really need to unite, not despair of the results, but start to look around the world from which we can draw inspiration and hope Movement from,” he said.
On the first day of COP26, world leaders announced promise Stop deforestation by 2030, which is signed by the Indonesian government.
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However, only two days later, Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar announced social media It is believed that “forcing Indonesia to achieve zero deforestation by 2030 is obviously inappropriate and unfair”.
Wenda told Ecologist He does not believe that the Indonesian government has any intention to stop deforestation. “I heard that Indonesia signed this agreement, but they are already destroying it, so it is too late.
“How do they solve this problem because they have invested heavily [in its destruction]. I don’t think it’s just talking on paper, they just go to the outside world. “
During the start-up period, the organizers believed that the two young men had to be taken away by security personnel when they tried to sabotage the activities in the compensation of the Indonesian government. The Indonesian government did not respond to a request for comment.
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Catherine Early is a freelance environmental reporter and chief reporter Ecologist. She is on Twitter @Cat_Early76.
