Portrait of Alfred Kladit, village chief from Mangroholo and Sira village of Sorong, West Papua. Seven people from Mangroholo-Sira of Sorong, West Papua have visited the Sungai Tohor village in Meranti islands, Riau, to learn how to process the sago to make it more valuable so it can help boost the economy of their villages. Sago is a starch extracted from the pith of various tropical palm stems. Mangroholo and Sira are the villages in West Papua that received a social forestry permit from the government in March 2017.