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View all search resultsSettlers stage rally in Riau, reject relocation from Tesso Nilo National Park
The settlers said relocation does not provide certainty for the affected people’s housing and livelihoods at the replacement site.
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Green movement: Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni (crouching right) and Deputy Environment Minister Diaz Hendropriyono (crouching left) pose for a photo on March 3, 2026, after planting a tree to mark the start of land restoration in Tesso Nilo National Park. (Antara/Handout/The Forestry Ministry)
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undreds of people grouped under the Pelalawan Students and Public Alliance staged a demonstration in front of the Riau Governor’s Office on Monday in response to a planned relocation from Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN).
The demonstrators said the relocation does not provide certainty for the affected people’s housing and livelihoods.
Rally coordinator Wandri Saputra Simbolon said they would remain in the national park area because they have lived there for generations.
“We reject the relocation and we will fight for our rights,” he said.
“We are not illegal settlers, we have lived there for generations and we will stay there.”
He said the statement labeling the people living in TNTN as illegal settlers was baseless.
“We can show our identity as native people. We have population documents such as official ID cards and family cards from the government.”
