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BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan — Planners building Indonesia’s new capital city in eastern Borneo say they’re far from their target of reforesting the site that the country’s president has projected will be a “green forest city” that the government plans to inaugurate later this year. Among the main obstacles: a tree-planting program that caters more to […]
To commemorate International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, young Indigenous Peoples are engaging in climate action, human rights and cultural conservation.
JAKARTA — A new foundation has been established to support Indonesian farmers in protecting forests and selling their sustainably produced products to the global market. The foundation, called the Farmers For Forest Protection Foundation (4F), was established by the association of Indonesian palm oil farmers, or SPKS. This makes 4F the only foundation platform in Indonesia […]
For at least the past 20 years, there has been regular talk about the need to break down silos in conservation. The argument is straightforward: to be successful, the field must be interdisciplinary and inclusive to address the myriad issues that impact a range of stakeholders. For example, protecting an area is rarely as simple […]
Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft An Indigenous Dayak man has been arrested for allegedly stealing oil palm fruit from a company’s plantation in Indonesia’s North Kalimantan province. The company is embroiled in a long-running conflict with five Dayak communities in the area as its concession overlaps with their ancestral lands. The arrest has triggered fear among the communities of further arrests if they keep trying to assert their land rights. JAKARTA — On March 10, Suande, a member of the Dayak Indigenous community in Indonesian Borneo, said go...