papuaupdate.bsky.social @papuaupdate.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Don't insult us savage West Papuans 😡😡😡 000
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Bishop and activists unite to block ecological threat in West Papua #palmoil #ecocide #indigenous #WestPapua #IndigenousRights #ClimateJustice #humanrightsucanews.comChurch, activists oppose palm oil expansion in Indonesia’s Papua - UCA NewsBishop Bernardus Baru and indigenous leaders condemn President Prabowo’s plan to expand palm oil plantations in Papua. Critics warn the move threatens indigenous rights and risks repeating the ecologi... 062
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialEloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 08/01/2026- Red Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra), Waigeo, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia - Photo courtesy of Takaaki Nagashima on Instagram. 0264
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Ecology, nature, is immense sophisticated: "Viruses suppress MeSA biosynthesis & effectively silence plant's alarm signal. Parasitoid wasps are no longer recruited, & virus-carrying insects gain effective protection" We have to #Unlearn reductionist, simplistic explanations phys.org/news/2026-01...phys.orgHow rice viruses manipulate plant defenses to protect insect vectorsPlanthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Notably, their persistent ability to e... 0266
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialClaira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua by Sophie Chao Must read perfection.dukeupress.eduIn the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua 111
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Murals in support of West Papua, 2022 www.reddit.com/r/Propaganda... 011
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 07/01/2026January 2026: 105,878 Indigenous Papuans Still Displaced: Indonesia’s Military Campaign Continues to Empty West Papua #WestPapua #indigenous #SettlerColonialism #ResourceColonialism #Militarisationhumanrightsmonitor.orgIDP Update January 2026: Humanitarian crisis deteriorates as Indigenous communities bear brunt of expanding security operations -As of December 2025, 105,878 civilians across West Papua remained internally displaced due to military operations and armed conflict. 0108
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Spaceport West Papua, Russia’s Rockets, Indonesia’s Occupationsocialexpat.netIndonesia to Begin National Spaceport Construction in Papua in 2026 | Social ExpatIndonesia is accelerating the development of a national spaceport on Biak Island, Papua, as part of efforts to strengthen space technology independence. 26529
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialIC Magazine @icmagazine.bsky.social · 06/01/2026West Papua Says Indigenous Communities Can Reject Palm Oil Projects on Customary Lands icmagazine.org/west-papua-s...icmagazine.orgWest Papua Says Indigenous Communities Can Reject Palm Oil Projects on Customary Lands – Intercontinental CryThe West Papua provincial government reaffirmed Monday that Indigenous communities with customary land rights have the legal authority to approve or reject any 031
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialMichael Gibson @michaelg1962.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Escalation in West Papua www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...lrb.co.ukDouglas Gerrard | Escalation in West PapuaThe conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua... 021
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 01/01/2026“Separatist” Is a Propaganda Word: West Papua Is Fighting Occupation While Indonesia Destroys the Land and Its People. #WestPapuajakartaglobe.idSeparatist Attacks in Papua Kill 94 People Throughout 2025, Police SayPolice say separatist attacks across Papua killed 94 people in 2025, including security personnel, civilians, and militants. 032
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 02/01/2026—The World’s Largest Deforestation Project — West Papua: A forest that couldn’t scream loud enough, and a people the world chose NOT to hear. #deforestation #rainforestdestruction #ecocide #WestPapua via @mightyearth.orgyoutube.comPapua, Indonesia: The World's Largest Deforestation ProjectYouTube video by Mighty Earth 043
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialPauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Free West Papua Campaign (@freewestpapua.bsky.social) tweeted, "Support from 'We Bleed Black and Red' solidarity movement for #WestPapua": #FreeWestPapua from #Indonesia's brutal occupation~! @freewestpapua.nl 021
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Bulldozers, Silence, and Lies: The Systematic Deletion of West Papua Under Prabowo — No Consent, No Mercy: West Papua Flattened for Palm Oil and Political Power #palmoil #sugarcane #deforestation #WestPapua #IndigenousRights #Ecocide #PalmOilGenocide #Colonialism #EnvironmentalCollapsehumanrightsmonitor.orgPrabowo's palm oil expansion plans for West Papua raise Indigenous rights concerns -In December 2025, President Prabowo Subianto announced plans to expand palm oil plantations in West Papua to achieve energy self-sufficiency. 022
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 30/12/2025The deeply concerning state of West Papua: "The combination of a hands-off approach to military command and a terra nullius view of economic development produced the bloodiest phase of the occupation for two decades." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...lrb.co.ukDouglas Gerrard | Escalation in West PapuaThe conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua... 0135
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Indonesia’s Climate Crime: Erasing a Belgium-Sized Rainforest, Unleashing 780M Tons of CO₂, and Killing Biodiversity in West Papua #deforestation #climatecrime #biofuelscam #rainforestdestruction #palmoil #WestPapua #MonocultureMadness #sugarcane #ColonialismContinueslrb.co.ukDouglas Gerrard | The World’s Largest Deforestation ProjectIn the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land in... 111
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The Netherlands ran away from West Papua. After handing the territory to Indonesia in the 1960s, The Netherlands quietly folded its moral map and walked off. No sustained pressure. No accountability. No protection for the people it once governed. #Netherlands #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua 286
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 30/12/2025West Papua = largest deforestation project on Earth • “Military + plantations = displacement” • “Biofuel = land grab in green drag”e360.yale.eduIn Indonesia’s Rainforest, a Mega-Farm Project Is Plowing AheadThe Indonesian government is fast-tracking a massive agricultural project that is turning 7 million acres of tropical forest into rice and sugarcane farms. Critics say it is the world’s largest defore... 012
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 26/12/2025West Papua Is Not a Forest to Indonesia — It’s a Palm Oil Sacrifice Zone. #WestPapua #PalmOil #Deforestation #RainforestDestruction #Ecocide #Prabowo #Colonialism #StateViolence #HumanRightasianews.networkForests, fuel and food: Is expanding oil palm to Indonesia’s Papua worth the cost?Forest loss to palm oil plantations directly weakens these dimensions by increasing disaster risk and exposing communities to instability. 153
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 27/12/2025West Papua: Indonesia’s Open-Air Ecocide — Bulldozers, Blood Money, and the Systematic Erasure of a People and Their Rainforest #WestPapua #Ecocide #StopEcocide #RainforestDestruction #Deforestation #ColonialViolence #IndigenousGenocide #PalmOilHell #palmoil #ClimateCrime #sugarcane #biofuelscamyoutu.beWest Papua 😢🌳💔 #deforestation #rainforest #sad #papua #indonesiaYouTube video by Indiana José 075
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialnonpareil @nonpareil.bsky.social · 28/12/2025"The activist Tom Beanal, who died in 2023, once asked if West Papua was colonised by Indonesia or by the entire world. Munitions recovered by Lamek Taplo, the TPNPB commander in Kiwirok, include Serbian mortars, Chinese drones and bombs manufactured by the French arms company Thales..." 131
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 26/12/2025‘Indonesia has occupied West Papua since 1963. A media blackout means the scant press coverage is often drawn largely from Indonesian military press releases. What happened in Soanggama seems to have been less a “clash” than a massacre.’ Douglas Gerrard: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...lrb.co.ukDouglas Gerrard | Escalation in West PapuaThe conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua... 0125
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 28/12/2025West Papua Indonesia Earth's oldest living eco system existing for at least 70 million years Look at the 292 square Kilometers of ancient forest cleared in just 21 months Now army brought in to fast track 5 million more acres www.ft.com/content/27a6... 1313486
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation A shameful day for Indonesia and the world 7213133
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 24/12/2025‘The conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the TPNPB’s fighting capacity, but they still often face Indonesian jets and missiles armed only with bows and arrows.’ Douglas Gerrard: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...lrb.co.ukDouglas Gerrard | Escalation in West PapuaThe conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua... 084
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 24/12/2025The world’s largest palm-oil project in West Papua isn’t “development” — it’s a slow, deliberate execution. #palmoil #WestPapua #deforestation #rainforestdestruction #indigenous #ecocideregnskog.noGrave fears that world’s largest palm oil project will cause massive destructionEnormous emissions of greenhouse gases and the destruction of intact rainforest could be the result once the controversial construction of the largest palm oil plantation in the world gets underway 197
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialEric Bottorff @torff.bsky.social · 24/12/2025"The conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the TPNPB’s fighting capacity, but they still often face Indonesian jets and missiles armed only with bows and arrows." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...lrb.co.ukDouglas Gerrard | Escalation in West PapuaThe conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua... 011
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Escalation in West Papua | London Review of Books Occupied Since 1963, Bombed in 2025: West Papua Is a Colony the World Refuses to See” — confronting the horror of a six-decades-long occupation with barely any global attention. #WestPapualrb.co.ukDouglas Gerrard | Escalation in West PapuaThe conflict in West Papua may be the world’s most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua... 021
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialJinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 25/12/2025'The largest ongoing armed conflict in both the Pacific and Indonesia is the protracted conflict in West Papua' www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1445/wo... #FreeWestPapuagreenleft.org.auAus-Indo-PNG trilateral defence pact and the West Papua crisisThe trilateral meeting held in Port Moresby on December 3 between the Indonesian, Australian and Papua New Guinean defence ministers took place in the shadow of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West P... 021
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Russian Bombers, West Papua, and Indonesia’s Geopolitical Warning Shot #WestPapua #AusPol #Russiayoutu.beAustralia Sentuh Papua, Bomber Rusia Siap Masuk Indonesia! Australia Dikepung dari TimurYouTube video by INFOIND 011
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialIndependent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025Aus-Indo-PNG trilateral defence pact and the West Papua crisis www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1445/worl… #Auspolgreenleft.org.auAus-Indo-PNG trilateral defence pact and the West Papua crisisThe trilateral meeting held in Port Moresby on December 3 between the Indonesian, Australian and Papua New Guinean defence ministers took place in the shadow of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West Papua, writes Ali Mirin. 022
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialGo Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 26/12/2025💔Its as if Indonesia hit by an asteroid In West Papua now - over 5 million acres being destroyed Sumatra lost 4.4 million hectares of forest since 2001 Borneo Jungle over 33,000 hectares of rainforest, an area nearly half size of Singapore, obliterated in last 3 years alone Video CUT PUTROE 🌸 24029
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialOcean Lani 🇲🇵🇬🇺 @oceanlani.bsky.social · 26/12/2025See that first arrow breaking off and upwards to the Marianas? That's my people's migration. Note that though these maps portray migration as "one event", they aren't. Most likely coming in waves, we continued to trade actively with each other. Link to map: theconversation.com/linguistics-... 182
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Indonesia Pulls the Trigger, Australia Looks Away, Papua New Guinea Stays Silent — West Papua Bleeds #WestPapua #PNG #AusPolgreenleft.org.auAus-Indo-PNG trilateral defence pact and the West Papua crisisThe trilateral meeting held in Port Moresby on December 3 between the Indonesian, Australian and Papua New Guinean defence ministers took place in the shadow of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West P... 196
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 23/12/2025So Indonesia wants to lead the UN Human Rights Council in 2026 Meanwhile in West Papua: Indigenous Papuans are still denied a genuine vote on their future, their rights systematically steamrolled, and independence aspirations met with violence and imprisonment. #WestPapua #humanrightsjakartaglobe.idIndonesia Eyes to Lead UN Human Rights Council in 2026If Indonesia gets elected, this will be the first time for Jakarta to assume the leadership role at the UN Human Rights Council. 022
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Palm oil expansion. Military control. Total ecological collapse. Welcome to Prabowo’s West Papua #palmoil #deforestation #biofuelscam #sugarcane #ecocide #rainforestdestruction #indigenousindoleft.orgEnvironmental group criticises Prabowo's push for more palm oil in PapuaPutri Nurjannah Kurita, Sentani – The Papua chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued an official statement voicing serious concerns about plans by the central and regiona... 022
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialMarina Forti @fortimar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Cosa significa "biocarburanti"? Ad esempio questo: 3 milioni di ettari deforestati (e abitanti costretti a sfollare) per fare grandi piantagioni di canna da zucchero a West Papua, Indonesia - tutto gestito dall'esercito. www.ft.com/content/27a6...ft.comIndonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid paceDeforestation under way on 3mn hectares for state-backed food project 052
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 22/12/2025#ColonialismContinues West Papua Sacrificed: How Palm Oil Fanatics Are Executing a Slow, Legalized Ecocide #WestPapua #WestPapuaEcocide #ecocide #palmoil #deforestation #RainforestDestruction #BloodBiofuel #EnvironmentalCrimemysinchew.sinchew.com.my 021
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 22/12/2025#BloodBiofuel Prabowo to West Papua: ‘Let’s Sacrifice Your Forests for Fuel’ — Eco Disasters Are Just ‘Natural Side Effects #WestPapua #palmoil #sugarcane #deforestation #ecocide #climatecrime #rainforestdestruction #colonialismcontinuesindoleft.orgPrabowo's Papua palm oil plan seen as inviting new ecological disasterErick Tanjung – President Prabowo Subianto's plan to plant more oil palms in Papua for energy self-sufficiency has drawn strong criticism from environmental activists. They believe this policy ignores... 044
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 22/12/2025#ProfitOverPeople Palm Oil First, People Last: Prabowo’s Blueprint for Ecological Collapse in West Papua #palmoilecocide #bloodbiofuel #ecocide #palmoil #deforestation #rainforestdestruction #sugarcane #biofuelscammagz.tempo.coFloods from Forest ClearingParts of Sumatra were hit by floods resulting from the arbitrary granting of permits to clear forests. Now Papua is under threat. 021
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/12/2025Billed as a project to ensure food and energy security, Indonesia is planning to cultivate rice and sugar on 3mn hectares in the eastern province of Papua. ft.trib.al/zrT0yWK 2137
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialConrad Copeland @conradcopeland.bsky.social · 22/12/2025A thinly veiled excuse to forcibly depopulate and militarily occupy fertile parts of West Papua. 262
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 22/12/2025World’s largest deforestation program. Military occupation. Indigenous land. One crime scene: West Papua. #WestPapua #ecocide #deforestation #palmoil #sugarcane #GreenColonialism #RainforestDestructiongreenleft.org.auIndonesia is running the world’s largest deforestation program in occupied West PapuaIn Indonesian-occupied West Papua, soldiers are enforcing the destruction of vast areas of rainforest to be replaced by the monoculture plantations of the government’s “food estate” program, reports C... 11916
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialSocArXivBot @socarxivbot.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Violence and Civilian Strategy for Protection in West Papua, Indonesia: osf.io/djzbw 001
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialSociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Violence and Civilian Strategy for Protection in West Papua, Indonesia This article discusses the protection strategy of civilians in West Papua from continued direct violence. Are there initiatives and infrastructure for civilian protection? What is the common protection mechani #sociology link 022
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Everybody should at least now & then mentioned issues outside the one they concentrate on. Not only because it's the right thing to do (as it is), but to create awareness and solidarity. From DR of Congo to East Turkestan / Xinjiang, Kashmir to Kurdistan, from Tibet to Western Sahara & West Papua. 121
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialJ¡m Vaughn @jiminyspigot.bsky.social · 18/12/2025jiminy's animal reviews: Despite looking like something from a Byzantine painting, Wilson’s bird-of-paradise (𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢) is a flamboyant passerine bird found on two islands near West Papua. They can grow to 16cm (6in) long, and are believed to have the worst split ends in the world. 🧵 1104
Reposted by @papuaupdate.bsky.socialpurepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Welcome to Prabowo’s West Papua: Where Rainforests Are Executed and Greed Is National Strategy #deforestation #WestPapua #palmoilthestar.com.myPalm oil expansion in Papua raises eyebrowsJAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto's aspiration to expand palm oil plantations in Papua for biofuel production has drawn strong backlash from environmentalists, who warn the policy risks repeating th... 153
