s:1037:"TI West Papua, Indonesia AU Pulungan, I. AU Stickler, C. AU David, O. AU Peteru, S. AU Hapsari, N. AB Forests cover 90% of West Papua (WP) with lowest historical deforestation rates in Indonesia; WP commits to maintain at least 70% as protected areas through Manokwari Declaration (MD) & Special Regulation on Sustainable DevelopmentSpecial Autonomy (SA) status allows provincial government regulation-making abilities, more decision-making authority considering local context & access to funding from central government through 2021~13% provincial GDP growth from 2003-2012, due in part to growth in natural gas industry [BP Indonesia Tangguh liquid natural gas (LNG) project] & related sectors, & government spending following creation of provinceWP rural poverty rate (35%; 2017) is more than 2x the national average & wealth is concentrated in urban areas; infrastructure development aims to promote equitable wealth distributionIn 2015-2016, degraded peatlands accounted for 50-55% more emissions than forest clearing ";