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Many local communities in Indonesia have struggled, and sometimes failed, to preserve their traditional values, thus trying to revive a long-lost culture with a top-bottom approach would be a tough challenge.
Alliance casts doubt over both presidential candidates' commitment to indigenous people's welfare.
Indonesia has been slow in granting forest tenure to indigenous peoples and local communities after an historic court ruling five years ago mandated that the government recognize their tenure rights.
The country’s adat (indigenous) communities have pushed for a law regulating and protecting their rights, hoping it would end decades of neglect and abuse.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration has rejected claims that it opposes the indigenous peoples bill initiated by the House of Representatives.