Nabire, voice mambesak _March 25 2016- citizens Yerisiam Caves and Yaur in Sima village, Wami and Yaur Nabire Papua, their houses were flooded due to heavy rains that hit the area.

Channel overflowed and submerged villages times as high as the umbilical cord of adults. Citizens temporarily displaced to other highland by setting up a temporary tent.

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Overflowing times not because of a natural event of flooding. But the forest and soil abrasion detention centers are depleted. As a result of the greed of the capital giants who came in and changed the function of forests and soil around the village. oil palm plantations did absorb a lot of water, but can not reduce runoff water (run off) because it does not have a shrub. In contrast with the scrub forest helped belukarnya impede water runoff

From the information obtained Coalition, soak flooding 56 houses in the village of Sima and 21 homes in SP Wami. While most citizens are now displaced. The path to the village was cut off because a bridge has not yet been fixed.

From the observation coalition, residents in the village sandwiched companies, among others, PT Nabire Baru, PT Sariwana Adi Perkasa and PT Mandiri Sariwana Unggul will experience the impact of future disasters these days because of the nature reserve around the already damaged by resistance Companies that roam around here.

Preventing tragedy recurring floods in the future, we call for:

1. Government as organizers immediately sent foodstuffs and medicines to residents in the village of Sima, Wami and Yaro.

2. The central government immediately evaluate existing operating company revoked the permit and restore functions of forests and land as a water buffer.

3. Given disasters river water overflowed and submerged houses rare before the entry of the company in the area around the coalition to make sure that the floods that inundated the village is the impact of natural forest encroachment and not natural

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John NR Gobai

Chairman of the Coalition of Concerned Victims of Oil Nabire

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