Utusan KSU Baliem Arabica Menghadiri Surabaya Coffee Festival 2016
Utusan KSU Baliem Arabica Menghadiri Surabaya Coffee Festival 2016 yang dilaksanakan pada 1 – 2 Oktober 2016, di mana tanggal 1 Oktober ialah Hari Kopi Sedunia.Pada even ini utusan dari PAPUAmart.com Pusat di Yogyakarta atas nama Barista Easter P.K. Ta…

Genetic ‘trace’ in Papuan genomes suggests two expansions out of Africa
Date:September 21, 2016 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: A new study of human genomic diversity suggests there may have in fact been two successful dispersals out of Africa, and that a “trace” of the earlier of these two expansion events has lingered in the genetics of modern Papuans. Abstract: A new study of human […]
‘Small and Far’: Pacific Island States Gather at Annual Forum
The 16 states are meeting this week to discuss regional challenges, particularly climate change. Source: https://thediplomat.com/, By Grant Wyeth The 47th Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting began this week on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. The meeting will bring together the leaders of 16 Pacific Island states to provide a platform discuss the […]

Blackbirding’s dark secrets revealed
Indira Stewart – indira.stewart@radionz.co.nz More than 150 years on, many descendants of the victims of blackbirders still don’t know about the dark history which brought around 60,000 Pacific Islanders to Australia. The short film “Blackbird” has been helping to raise awareness about Australia’s blackbirding history which saw mainly Melanesians kidnapped and sent to work on plantations […]

Indonesia’s Salim Group linked to ‘secret’ palm oil concessions in West Papua
The conglomerate appears to be concealing its involvement in the heavily forested region through offshore mechanisms. One of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates, the Salim Group, has likely acquired four palm oil concessions in West Papua using a complex network of shared directorships and offshore companies, new research suggests. Online watchdog awas MIFEE reported in May it had […]
Five Pacific islands lost to rising seas as climate change hits
Six more islands have large swaths of land, and villages, washed into sea as coastline of Solomon Islands eroded and overwhelmed Headlines ‘exaggerated’ climate link to sinking of Pacific islands Five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to rising seas and erosion, a discovery thought to be the first scientific confirmation of the impact of […]
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