The Trans-Papua Highway ( Indonesian: Jalan Raya Trans-Papua) refers to 12 road segments, some under construction, across Western New Guinea in Indonesia, located in the island of New Guinea. The roads stretch from Sorong to Merauke with a total length of 4,325 km (2,687 mi). [1] Work on the Trans-Papua Highway has proceeded in fits and starts since 2013. Nearly nine-tenths of the total road route has been bulldozed, but the project is far from complete, with much road paving, earthworks, and hundreds of bridges — totaling more than 4 miles in length — yet to be constructed.
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In 2019, the opening of Trans-Papua Highway was nearly complete (red lines on the map above), though 51km remained unopened. Many are concerned that the highway, and other roads, are being. Podcast: The Trans-Papua Highway could lose billions and deforest millions of hectares by Mike DiGirolamo on 2 March 2022 Set to run some 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) and being built over the course of decades, the Trans-Papua Highway cuts across the entire length of Indonesian New Guinea's two provinces. In 2019, the opening of Trans-Papua Highway was nearly complete (red lines on the map above), though 51km remained unopened. Many are concerned that the highway, and other roads, are being. The Trans-Papua Highway, which connects three coastal centers in Western New Guinea, has attracted plantations and mining and spurred growth of towns and cities. A 190-kilometer segment cuts through Lorentz National Park. Graphic: K. Franklin/Science; Data: D. GAVEAU ET AL., BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 261, (2021) 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2021.109225
A Highway Megaproject Tears at the Heart of New Guinea's Rainforest
E360 Digest November 19, 2020 A Wave of Infrastructure Projects to Cause Widespread Deforestation in Coming Decades, Report Finds An excavator tears up trees in the Kebar Mountains to expand the Trans-Papua Highway. Daniel Beltrá/Greenpeace In 2019, the opening of Trans-Papua Highway was nearly complete (red lines on the map above), though 51km remained unopened. Many are concerned that the highway, and other roads, are being. The Trans-Papua Highway is intended to connect ports in western New Guinea with the highland interior, a largely untapped area for timber and palm-oil companies. But the road's construction is. The Trans Papua highway is part of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's plan to develop the impoverished eastern province, and open up access to its abundant natural resources.
The TransPapua Highway threatens West Papua's biodiversity West
This nearly doubles the length of the Trans-Papua Highway from 2000, when it ran 2,333 km (1,450 mi). This road expansion resulted in the clearing of 115,336 hectares (285,000 acres) of forests, contributing 15% of total deforestation in the Papua region from 2001 to 2019. The most well-known of these developments, the Trans-Papua Highway - a 4,330 kilometer (2700 mile) project stretching from Sorong in the north-west to Merauke in the south-east - is billed to be completed by the end of this year. The government aims to roll out full electrification by then, too.
KEEROM, KOMPAS — The under-construction Trans-Papua Highway, spanning 3,462 kilometers from north to south in the easternmost region of the country, has changed the landscape and has had impacts on the lives of local people. With several sections having been completed, the land transportation network has brought about economic benefits. It forms part of the Trans-Papua Highway, a web of asphalt cutting thousands of kilometers across the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea. About a sixth of the Jayapura-Wamena stretch runs through Mamberamo Foja Wildlife Reserve, but has not yet been paved.
The Trans Papua Road is Located in Manokwari Which Connects Several
by Loren Bell on 20 December 2018 Construction on a section of Indonesia's Trans-Papua highway was suspended after at least 17 people were killed; conflicting reports state the victims were either contract laborers or Indonesian soldiers. Indonesia's planned Trans-Papua highway will facilitate easier exploitation of West Papua's resources by the occupying Indonesian regime - and more violence against the West Papuan people who resist it. For Papuans, the process of 'development' is experienced as a violent and traumatic dispossession. (Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace)
