Showing Ice loss on Puncak Jaya/Nemangkawi/Carstensz in West Papua between 1989 and 2009 (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
“Why did Amungme elders put border markers all the way around the Ertzberg mountain of ore in 1967 during the exploration phase? Because that was a sacred area. Indonesian law considers the deep jungle to be empty, to have no owners. This is a very wrong perception. I want to stress that in Irian, there is not a single piece of empty land. Every tree has an owner” (John Rumbiak, Inside Indonesia 47:Jul-Sep 1996)
NEMANGKAWI (MT CARSTENSZ/PUNCAK JAYA) FORUM
the devastating social and environmental impacts wrought by foreign
exploitation of natural resources on highland communities in West Papua
Nemangkawi Forum: Victor Lasa, Ralph Pliner, Izzy Brown, Richard Muggleton, Michael Maine
DISCUSSION PANEL
Victor Lasa, Centre for Global Research (RMIT University)
Muma Yusefa Alomang, Amungme elder, Longstanding Activist
“Word from the Mountain” (2014 video, 18min, by Izzy Brown)
Izzy Brown, Political activist and Civic journalist
“Interviewing Muma Yusefa in Jayapura in 2014”
Richard Muggelton Scientific Photographer
“Views of Mt Cartensz, Scientific Surveys in 1971, 1972-73”
Ralph Pliner, Mountaineer, Corporate lawyer, Chair-Public Interest Advocacy Centre-Sydney
“Climbing Mt Carstensz, The Seventh Summit”
Michael Maine, Australian National University
“Sovereignty, Ownership, and Control of resources: the complexities of cultural-environmental impact and the desire for development”
1. VICTOR LASA
Audio: Victor Lasa, Introduction (4min)
Transcript: Victor Lasa, Introduction (PDF)
Victor Lasa, Transcript, Mt Carstensz Forum, 12 December 2015
2. MUMA YUSEFA ALOMANG
Word from the Mountain, Part 1 (Video, 8min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdqbPPE3-B8
Word from the Mountain, Part 2 (Video, 10min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRDmo_bueZg
3. IZZY BROWN
“Interviewing Muma Yusefa in Jayapura in 2014”
Audio: Izzy Brown, (4min)
Transcript, Izzy Brown: Izzy Brown, Transcript, Mt Carstensz Forum, 12 Dec 2015
Suggested reading
Muma Yusefa Alomang and Rio Tinto (West Papua Women’s Office-Docklands, 2015
Pamphlet, Freeport, Rio Tinto, Muma Yusefa, 2015
4. RICHARD MUGGLETON
“Views of Mt Cartensz, Scientific Surveys in 1971, 1972-73”
Audio: Richard Muggleton (17min)
Transcript, Richard Muggleton (PDF): Richard Muggleton, Mt Carstensz Forum, 12 Dec 2015
Suggested reading
Report of the 1971-73 Expeditions James Peterson, 1973
Ekspedisi Ilmiah Puncak Jayakesuma, James Peterson, Hemisphere Nov 1973, Dept of Education Canberra, Ruskin Press-North Melbourne
Report of Expedition to Mt Carstensz AH Colijn, 1936
The Carstensz Massif, AH Colijn, 1936
5. RALPH PLINER
“Climbing Mt Carstensz in August 2001”
Audio: Ralph Pliner (24min)
Transcript: Ralph Pliner (PDF)
Ralph Pliner, Mt Carstensz Forum, 12 December 2015
Suggested Reading
Tropical Glaciers in Indonesia May Disappear by end of decade Scientific American, 16 August 2010
Scientific American, Tropical glaciers in Indonesia may disappear by end of decade, Lonnie Thompson, Aug 2010
6. MICHAEL MAIN
“Sovereignty, Ownership, and Control of resources: the complexities of cultural-environmental impact and the desire for development and Merdeka”
Audio: Michael Main (20min)
Transcript: Michael Main (PDF)
Michael Main, Nemangkawi Forum, ACU Art Gallery, 6 Dec 2015
Suggested reading
Refugees on their own land: Identity, Independence, Environmental damage and risk among Muyu border ‘refugees’ of the Middle Fly, Western Province, PNG Michael Main, 2014
Michael Main, Muyu, Fly River, Refugees on their own land_Identity_Independence-Environmental damage
