Boven Digoel Regency Customary Council ( LMA ) Supports The Awyu Tribe in Opposing The National Strategic Project ( PSN )

Indigenous Malind-Anim Kondo Digoel Community protesting to local goverment in Merauke Regency to opossing national strategic project in their teritory .Thursday,17 September 2026

Boven Digoel Indigenous Community Institut ( LMA ) said support Indigenous Awyu tribe to oposssing the national strategic project ( PSN ) in their territory in southern west Pap

That support is set forth in the letter from the Boven Digoel Regency LMA, Reference Number 094/RKM-D/LMA-BVD/IX/2026, dated September 19, 2026, regarding a recommendation of support.On The Support letter was signed by LMA general Chairman,Maret Klaru and general Secretary Andrianus Moromon expressed their support to Awyu Indigenous opposing the nasional strategic project was running fews years ago.

“The planned National Strategic Project (PSN) is the National Food, Energy, and Water Self-Sufficiency Area (KSPEAN), to be implemented by PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara and PT Agrinas Palma Nusantara (Persero) within the customary territory of the Awyu tribe in Boven Digoel Regency,” reads a copy of the letter from the Boven Digoel Regency Customary Council (LMA) on Saturday (September 19, 2026).

In the letter, the Boven Digoel LMA stated that its decision to support the opposition to the PSN was reached after carefully considering the intent and purpose of the letter submitted by the Awyu indigenous community.

This opposition aims to protect the customary land rights of the Awyu indigenous people in Boven Digoel Regency, as well as to safeguard and preserve the customary values ​​and traditions passed down through generations for the continued survival of the indigenous community.

Previously, the indigenous Awyu people in Boven Digoel Regency expressed their opposition to the National Strategic Project (PSN) within their customary territory. They sought support from the Boven Digoel Regency Customary Council (LMA) and submitted a letter of recommendation.

Simon Balagaize,The Malind Indigenous Community Leader protesting the nasional strategic project In front of the Merauke Regent’s office.Thursday,17 September 2026.

According to a letter from the Greater Awyu Tribe to the Boven Digoel Regency Customary Council (LMA), the planned project is situated within the territory of Anggai Village, Jair District, Boven Digoel Regency, as well as six other districts in the area.

“[Based on] history, origins, kinship ties, and customary control and utilization, [the area] is part of the customary land rights territory of the Awyu Tribe,” wrote the Greater Awyu Tribe in a letter received by    on Friday evening (September 18, 2026).

The Awyu Tribe asserts that this matter goes beyond mere investment or development; it concerns their customary lands, forests, sources of livelihood, identity, history, culture, and the generational rights of the Greater Awyu indigenous people—rights passed down through generations.

Consequently, the Greater Awyu indigenous community has expressed its objection to and rejection of the planned National Strategic Project (PSN) insofar as it affects Awyu customary territory, and pending valid consent from customary rights holders obtained through a proper, open, and pressure-free customary deliberation process.

The Awyu Tribe states that this rejection serves as a means for the indigenous community to voice its aspirations in order to protect its land, forests, environment, sources of livelihood, identity, culture, and generational rights.

They affirm that the Awyu Tribe continues to respect the government and national development. However, development must not extinguish or diminish the indigenous community’s rights to the land and territory that serve as their source of life.