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Environment 2 years ago

How customary laws help an Indonesian tribe preserve a forest

The Lindu tribe of about 5,000 people lives in the heart of Lore Lindu National Park, a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province that is a model of how humans and nature can co-exist in harmony.

Society 2 years ago

Indigenous communities should benefit from carbon trading, environment ministry says

The Environment and Forestry Ministry said indigenous peoples must adhere to the requirements, including holding customary forest licenses, to be eligible for carbon trading benefits.

Archipelago 2 years ago

West Papua tribe at risk of losing homeland after court ruling: NGOs

Palm oil is a billion-dollar industry in Indonesia, which is the world's largest producer and exporter of the commodity used in everything from chocolate spreads to cosmetics.

Archipelago 2 years ago

North Maluku tribe fights to protect forest from nickel mining

Members of the Hongana Manyawa tribe, the indigenous people of East Halmahera, North Maluku, have reportedly blocked heavy equipment from entering the Aki Sangaji River in a bid to prevent logging ahead of nickel-mining activities in the forests of Mount Topu Blewen.

Academia 2 years ago

Australia staunchly defends Papua but is forgetful about Aborigines

Knowing that they often lecture other nations, including Indonesia, on democracy and human rights, it should not be difficult for the Australians to follow the New Zealand’s way, even if it may look humiliating.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Australians vote in Indigenous Voice referendum on Oct. 14

The referendum asks whether to recognize Indigenous people and establish a representative body that can provide non-binding advice to parliament.

Environment 2 years ago

Aboriginal elders suspend Rio Tinto site survey over heritage concerns

There has been much less public outrage about this incident compared to three years ago, when Rio Tinto destroyed rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in the same region which had showed evidence of human habitation stretching back 46,000 years.

Community 2 years ago

No land for Mentawai women (part 2)

In Mentawai, the amount of a bride’s dowry depends on the number of brothers or uncles she has. The more male relatives she has, the higher her dowry. If the groom cannot afford to pay her dowry on his own, then his family must chip in. This is how the land given as a bridal dowry remains an asset belonging to the groom’s family.