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Food estate feared to marginalize Papuans (9 Mar 2010)
The Jakarta Post - A planned large-scale food production system in Merauke, Papua province, aimed at improving national food sustainability, could prove detrimental for locals, an activist says.

Modernization, sex and HIV in Baliem (9 Mar 2010)
Tanah Papua, which covers West Papua and Papua province, has the highest rate of HIV in Indonesia. The latest global AIDS report recently published by UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS) has highlighted the fact that Papua also has the highest rate of HIV in Asia.

Papua Church tackles palm oil problems (8 Mar 2010)
Union of Catholic Asian News - Five dioceses in Papua are campaigning against the effects of palm oil plantations on the environment in Timika, in the easternmost province.

Papua Tribe Files $32b Lawsuit Against Freeport (8 Mar 2010)
The Jakarta Globe - Papua’s Amungme tribe on Monday lodged a new class-action lawsuit against US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan seeking $32.5 billion in material and non-material damages for the alleged illegal acquisition of its ancestral land.

Monthly report on West Papua - West Papua Advocacy Team (3 Mar 2010)
WPAT - This is the 70th in a series of monthly reports that focus on developments affecting Papuans. This series is produced by the non-profit West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) drawing on media accounts, other NGO assessments, and analysis and reporting from sources within West Papua.