The actuality of ecology sciences, the study of the relationship between human and nature, demonstrates a discipline in which power relations around the interpretations of ecology and religious philosophies are revealed. The hypothesis is that the ecological philosophies of religious citizens (Christianity, Islam and Adat), of Papua, have been marginalized by a colonial (de-)construction of religious views. The analysis leads from the premise that this reality is in part the outcome of a struggle between diverse discourses (including religious ones) of ecology. The ‘Human and Nature’ methodology studies local people’s, ex- and implicit, connectedness with nature in various contexts. A further consideration is that the so-called Bandung Principles do offer a space in which respect can emerge for local wisdoms of nature.