Indonesia’s Easternmost Province Faces Resource Curse

Papuans afflicted with malnutrition, corruption, deforestation

By: Ainur Rohmah

Mistaken national social policies and widespread deforestation have resulted in widespread hunger and malnutrition in Papua, Indonesia’s remote easternmost province, erasing local food traditions and causing outright death by starvation, critics say. Indigenous tribes’ food patterns initially consisted of sago, tubers, and vegetables as …