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Academia 9 months ago
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COP30 and the legitimate rights of indigenous peoples
Any climate agenda must involve indigenous peoples, who play a vital role in tacking global warning through the traditional wisdoms they have applied to managing their customary forests and lands, long before "climate change" entered the global lexicon.
Society 9 months ago
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Industrial expansion squeezes indigenous lands, forests
Roughly 8.5 million hectares of indigenous land in Indonesia, an area twice the size of Denmark, are currently overlapping with either wood, oil and gas or mining concessions, according to a recent report by environmental groups.
Society 10 months ago
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Court allows indigenous peoples to cultivate forests
Constitutional Court justices granted a judicial review petition against the Job Creation Law, allowing agricultural activities for indigenous communities in forest areas to fulfill daily needs, not commercial purposes.
Society 1 year ago
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‘Slitting open earth’s skin’: Mining divides, damages Raja Ampat
The Jakarta Post visits Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, to take a closer look at the recent nickel mining controversy that threatens to unravels the archipelago regency. In addition to causing irreversible damage to forest and marine ecosystems, the extractive activities have also created tensions among islanders.
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