found this while researching our new director,very interesting...

found this while researching our new director,very interesting account of the local history,
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefwe...2-indonesia-dynamics-of-violence-in-papua.pdf

A. BACKGROUND TO THE MINING
The mine site in question is along the banks of the Degeuworiver
in Kampung Nomouwodide, Distrik Bogobaida,
Paniai. It was very sparsely populated until the gold
rush began, with indigenous populations of ethnic Mee/
Ekari, Moni and Wolani living in isolated huts along the
river. The situation began to change in 2003, when a local
farmer found gold nuggets when he was pulling up plants​

in his garden, and stories began to spread.

regards timmo