Yayasan / WWF Indonesia / Yunaidi Joepoet
02 juni 2023

A Voice for Just Climate Action: Asmat people

The Asmat people from Papua Indonesia, witness the effect of climate change and how the arrival of people from other place destroys their nature. The communities still hold a hunter-gather culture and have a strong relationship with nature. Clear and legal recognized boundaries of territories of the different villages in the Asmat clan, can help to protect them from the impacts of climate change.

Maryana Demakap
Resident of Erma Village
“I explained participatory mapping to women and children. Don’t let forests disappear, we must protect nature.”

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