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agrarian-reform

National 6 years ago

PREMIUM
Indonesia issues map acknowledging lands of indigenous peoples

The map, which has a scale of 1:2,000,000, the first of its kind, consists of around 472,981 ha of forest lands that have been verified by the ministry and are in proper condition to be turned into customary forests.

City 6 years ago

Slums remain a fact of life in Jakarta, ministry finds

The government along with the World Bank has determined that 118 out of 267 subdistricts in Jakarta have slums.

Opinion 6 years ago

PREMIUM
Land reform means more than free land certificates

Land access, in particular for agricultural households in a rural area, is fundamental. Unfortunately, statistics show that land access is becoming more tenuous than ever.

Politics 7 years ago

Jokowi saves forests, but fails to resolve land, mining conflicts

Data from the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute in 2017 revealed that criminalization against environmental activists is rampant, with 50 activists facing legal sanctions in 2017.

National 7 years ago

Uncertified land causes conflicts: Minister

Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Sofyan Djalil has blamed Indonesia’s poor land certification system for land conflicts occurring across the country, including in Medan, North Sumatra, where the incidents have been severe.

National 7 years ago

Jokowi distributes 6,000 land certificates in Riau

The government has set targets to certify a total of 126 million plots of land in the country and to grant 9 million ha, comprising roughly 4.5 million ha of uncertified plots and 4.5 ha of degraded forests, to citizens under TORA scheme.

Business 7 years ago

Jokowi to sign agrarian reform regulation this week

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Thursday he had instructed Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution to immediately complete the draft of a presidential regulation (Perpres) on agrarian reform as he planned to sign it this week.