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==Economy== The island is relatively rural and most Papuans on the island subsist off the land, primarily by fishing or gathering.<ref name="BBCAmindoniTan2021">{{cite web|last1=Amindoni|first1=Ayomi|last2=Tan|first2=Yvette|title=The Indonesian island that could host Elon Musk's new SpaceX site|website=BBC News|date=22 Apr 2021|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56797133|access-date=23 Apr 2021}}</ref> It has large reserves of [[copper]] and [[nickel]].<ref name="BBCAmindoniTan2021"/> For generations, most Papuans have inherited "customary claims" to parcels of land that they live off of<ref name="BBCAmindoniTan2021"/> and these property rights are defended by both the property's owner and possibly also the property owner's clan.<ref name="BBCAmindoniTan2021"/>
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