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GOLD AND GUNS IN EDEN Part 4 of 4
A Memoir from Western New Guinea While all these thoughts rolled through my head, Gil was sitting on the bed beside Jake. I resumed our conversation as if I was never absent in mind. “It’s a bitter irony to be … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Nature
Tagged Act of Free Choice, Indonesia, OPM, Suharto, West Papua
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GOLD AND GUNS IN EDEN Part 1 of 4
For a month’s respite from new blogs I am posting a memoir dissected into four A Memoir from Western New Guinea (some names have been changed) There was a message waiting in my office from an unidentified caller. Jacob was … Continue reading
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Tagged Chief Eulay, Elsham, Grasberg Mine, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, West Papua
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Inferno in Indonesia
Indonesian forests are burning. It happens annually, but this time the inferno is far worse. On some days, the fires evolve more carbon into the atmosphere than the whole of America (whose economy is 20 times larger), and the smog … Continue reading
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Tagged El Nino, forest fire, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, West Papua
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 