5.2 Activity: Life from our land

• Why is sago palm important? When a sago tree is mature, starch is extracted from the stem’s spongy centre and processed into an edible coarse flour. Which is a staple for for some citizens. Sago is easier to get hold of in the villages than rice, and it is less experience compared to rice.  It incredible that one harvest is enough for a family to survive for three months meaning it is accessible and available.

 ·       To whom is this an important crop? The Sago palm is important to the Mandobo of Indonesia’s Papua province, who eat sago as traditional breakfast and dinner, Sago is a staple food for Borobudur Temple in Central Java

• What is meant by customary forest? Sago forests are a food source, which also have ecological and traditional. cultural benefits to the people.
• What threats are being faced by communities? - the communities are faced with food security, water pollution form fertilizer, loss of cultural and traditional benefit. People lost their livelihoods such as hunting, fishing and gardening and their source of food,”
•  Who is set to benefit from development? The illiterate and professional benefit more from development activities than the community or land owners, who only holds meager jobs. The government officials, politicians, and community stakeholders whose receive money on behalf of the people benefit more