Ironic Survival

EngageMedia | 22 March 2013

by Papuan Voices


Alex Mahuze is a Malind tribesman and a sago farmer in Merauke. His clan has for generations lived in harmony with nature. The arrival of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) program has forced him to earn money through other means, which ironically harms the environment. He lost his lands and his culture is threatened, but Alex fights on.

Who's involved?

Whos Involved?

Carbon land deals




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