Develop an Indicative Tribes Boundary Maps and Their Basic Profile Information in Tambrauw - West Papua Province

Tambrauw is the new regions separated from Sorong and Manokwari, according to Law No. 56/2008 concerning the establisment of Tambrauw regency in Papua Barat Province. 70% of total Tambrauw forests are protected within protection and conservation function inside 6 tribes rights. The real challenge is appears in how to balancing the needs of district development, sustainable ecology management and community development. So addressing right and resources issue at community level are urgently needed to make sure the balance development in Economic, Social and Ecology aspects.

The district regulation to protect local rights of customary community has been developing under Parliament control. It also been supporting by Papua State University, Epistema Institute, Samdhan Institute, Aka Wuon, WWF and Paradisea Foundation. The fact the customary right claim are strong in tambrauw pointed out the needs to carefully develop the substance in the regulation. The regulation also should able to create the harmony between right and responsibility of customary community in Tambrauw. This team then start to collect as much as possible data and information that available about local right in Tambrauw.

Facing the fact that data and information about customary community right in Tambrauw are limited the development partners of Tambrauw government then initiating the development of indicative boundary maps with tribes profiles. The new approaches in Mapping that come in to the table been considered as the quick but validated way to bring up the basic information about customary rights in Tambrauw, the tribes distribution across the district and the substance of rights the the parliament and government must regulates well.

So how what is the indicative boundary mapping means? And whats steps it takes to provide the information about rights in Tambrauw? How valid is the products to the legal needs? This short plain paper of mapping are trying to describes and provide a robust explanation about these question. It is developed based on half way process in Tambrauw, so question, comment or correction are welcome to improve the next process?

Tittle    : One Plain Paper of Mapping. Develop an Indicative Customary Boundary Mapping of Tribes in Tambrauw District
West Papua Province - Indonesia

Author : Yunus Yumte

2015

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