The plantation and forest production projects under way in Merauke Regency at the southern tip of Papua, are in danger of unraveling. Last year, a wood-processing factory of PT Medco Papua Industri Lestari stopped operating for two months as a result of heated protests from local residents. Clearing of land for planting sugarcane by PT Cenderawasih Jaya Mandiri, a subsidiary of the Rajawali Group, also ran into trouble. Two tribal groups disputed