The Trap of Ambitious Self-Sufficiency Programs
Monday, October 20, 2025
Controversy over Prabowo Subianto’s food and energy security drive is intensifying—threatening communities and the environment.
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THE convoy of excavators arrived uninvited at the Salam Epe and Nakias villages, Ngguti District, Merauke Regency, South Papua, at the end of August 2025. The heavy machinery had been moving eastward since the forest and land clearing began a year earlier in Wanam village, Ilwayab District. The project was part of a 139.85-kilometer road construction meant to support the Merauke food estate.
“It has now stopped at kilometer 54 because loca
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