The people of Yensner village in Mayalibit Bay, Raja Ampat, West Papua, practice sasi, their ancestral wisdom, in exploiting the local marine biodiversity.

According to Emiliana, this situation changed in the late 1980s after their village became one of the areas affected by the disposal of tailings, the waste from PT Freeport Indonesia's (FI) gold mining production.

Ishak chairs the Kofarwis Farmers Group, which focuses on cultivating cajuput trees. Twenty villagers are members of the Kofarwis Farmers Group.

Once a hunter of birds of paradise, Hans Mandacan is now at the forefront of protecting the forests and birds of paradise in the Arfak highlands of West Papua. Birdwatching ecotourism changed his life.

Sagu Manawari hamlet is not only a place where people make their livelihood, but also a cultural identity for the Yerisiam tribe, with sago extraction having been done by their ancestors for hundreds of years.

While on assignment reporting on the Manawari Sago Forest in Sima village, Nabire regency, Papua, we were curious to try eating the sago caterpillars that are commonly consumed by the indigenous people.