Membramo Raya

Mamberamo Raya
District Mamberamo Kingdom which has an area of approximately 23,813.91 km2, with a watershed area Mamberamo 7,687,224 km or 18.83% of the total watershed area in Papua 40,834,951 Km, very different from other watersheds, with the coastal marshes and in the middle of the canyon that cuts Foja mountains-Van Rees. The center of the river between the mountains and the central cordillera that forms the broad wetlands and tributaries flowed on the north slope of the mountains as well as the central southern slope of the mountain Foja-Van Rees.
Thus, the most common activities performed by the natives Mamberamo Raya is hunting, fishing and a crocodile and a good mix of vegetables and sago. 90% indigenous livelihoods depend on sago as a major source of calories. Potential large sago, estimated the extent of 60,000 ha. Fishing, hunting just enough protein to meet the needs of the family and some to sell. Farming activities are carried out is to plant potatoes, and bananas as a food supplement but in very limited quantities. Crocodile hunting is the most important to market its skin.
Mamberamo with physical conditions varied areas and helped shape the ecosystem level biodiversity (Biodiversity) area. A fairly complete ecosystem, starting from the river, mangrove, swamps, lakes, lowlands and highlands make Mamberamo be unique. Besides biodiversity, also rich in Mamberamo potential of other natural resources, such as potential mines, forests, fisheries, crocodiles and debit Mamberamo river capable of producing electrical energy capacity of 10,000 Mega Watt.
In addition there are 250 species of trees that have been identified, also found in other species such as water insects 56 which is among 17 new species, more than 480 species of moths, 23 species of freshwater fish and some of them like Goldfish, Tawes, Lele and the cork is a species introduction. The researchers also have identified 21 types of frog, 69 types of mammals, 36 reptiles and 143 species of birds and 65 species including endemic species belonging to New Guinea. In the area Mamberamo found 115 species of butterflies and some of them are protected species and are also commercially valuable.
To protect the uniqueness of these, then ditetapkanlah Mamberamo Wildlife Area, which includes Foja Watershed Mamberamo, Gautter Mountains region and Karamor Mountains that included Mamberamo Lower District, Central Mamberamo, Mamberamo Hulu to the East Coast (District Sarmi).
Development of walking, then Mamberamo defined as the area where the District is the acceleration of development efforts is a choice that must be done, especially the development of road infrastructure to support the government in the area. This process would require no small amount of resources, whether human, money, machinery and natural resources including the use of every opportunity.
Efforts to boost the acceleration of development in this area, will have implications for the society and the environment, especially the natives in the region. Therefore, the government will open the space for the involvement of development actors, to jointly engage in Mamberamo development.
In the process, will be the utilization of land and natural resources owned by the community to build public facilities, such as offices, hospitals, schools, and others. Along with the transfer of such rights, as well as changing the land use and community orientation of the land.
The process of development in the region, should be well planned, correct and wise to the possible impact of which will appear primarily on the communities and the environment, can be minimized.
For that, Yali as Non-Governmental Organization, which since 1994 until now working to do the processes of facilitation and advocacy for the rights of indigenous peoples of the region, with lessons learned from the development process that took place in Papua in general, this study will be important to done as early as possible in order to get a picture or color of the beginning of the region including the pattern of land ownership and natural resources by indigenous Mamberamo Kingdom