Extensive gold and copper mining have altered the landscape, and the presence of the mine and its infrastructure has attracted numerous other economic migrants from western Indonesia as well as other Papuans, some of whom have tried to settle on traditional Amungme lands.
Emas yang luas dan tembaga telah mengubah lanskap, dan kehadiran tambang dan infrastruktur telah menarik banyak migran ekonomi lainnya dari Indonesia Barat serta wilayah Papua lainnya, beberapa di antaranya telah mencoba untuk menetap di tanah tradisional Amungme.