Can a Decision Making Frame from Aotearoa (New Zealand) be transfered to Papua (Indonesia)? Changing Land Use from Peat Land to Agricultural Purposes in Merauke, Papua

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Merauke is the easternmost city of Indonesia and is located in southern part of Papua. It is targeted to be a main supplier of Indonesian food, with a project called The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE). Merauke has a total area of 4,469,841 ha, and more than a half of the total area has the potential land for agriculture and more than 30 national and international companies have got permission to invest in this regency. However, changing land use from peat land to agricultural purposes creates a conflict with Indigenous People and environment problems. To assist with better understanding these challenges, the main objective of the study is to identify the transferability of a decision making framework form Aotearoa (New Zealand) to Papua. By using Mauri Model Decision Making Framework (MMDMF), the sustainability of changing land use in Merauke can be analyzed. MMDMF is a sustainable decision support system that includes indigenous New Zealand culture which consists of four dimensions of well-being; Maury of Whanau (economic), Mauri of community(social), Mauri of Hap? (culture), and Mauri of the ecosystem (environment). Based on the data, there are seven stakeholders; central government, local government, small farmers, agribusiness companies, NGOs, Indigenous People, and researchers. As a result of Mauri Model – Analytical Hierarchy Process (APH) the first four actors put the economic as the priority, while NGOs and Indigenous put the culture and the researchers put the ecosystem as the significant concern. After combining with the Mauri-ometer, the measurement shows ? 0.52, it means the MIFEE does not sustain the whole aspect of human being. Only Agribusiness Companies that having benefit of this project for long-term period. To conclude, MMDMF can be adopted in Papua because it covers culture aspect and it shows unsustainable development of the project.

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