Papua, Indonesia.

... Papua ... Irian Jaya ... West Irian Jaya ... West Papua ...

Papua Barat, Teluk Cendrawasih, Papua Selatan, Papua Utara, Pegunungan Tengah

West Papua, Cenderawasih Bay, South Papua, North Papua and Central Highlands provinces

INTRODUCTION

Online information about Papua has developed in curious ways, reflecting the limited access of most Papuan residents to internet technologies and the range of foreign interests in Papua (commercial, NGO, environmental and political activist, aid and tourism). While the past few years have seen a rapid growth of print media within Papua and an emerging interest in internet access among some residents, this change has not yet made a significant difference to the scope and content of websites generated within and about Papua. Most websites with significant Papuan content are not created or hosted in Papua even though the local Wasantara Net servers (for example http://jayapura.wasantara.net.id) in many of the larger towns have sufficient storage capacity for this purpose. While computer access - and even newspapers - are expensive for many people living in Papua and internet technologies are relatively new in the region, the biggest recent constraint on website development within Papua has been the problems with access speeds and clogged servers. A few local sites do exist (most accessible through the www.infopapua.com portal or newcomers like www.fokuspapua.com) and many other sites across Indonesia have pages about Papua. Most of the remaining web information related to Papua is available in English, Dutch, German or Japanese (which will require an extended character set).