Indonesia’s government persistently refuses to recognize Indigenous Peoples as rights-holders with authority over their lands ...

Indigenous rights activists have condemned the Indonesian government’s decision to grant 328,000 hectares (810,505 acres) of ...

"At COP30, countries rarely discussed the rights of indigenous peoples. Most progress for these groups took place outside the ...

There are approximately 370 million indigenous peoples comprising around 5,000 tribes in more than ninety countries around the world. While indigenous peoples make up only 6 percent of the world’s ...

BELÉM, Brazil — Indonesia has pledged to recognize the rights of Indigenous and customary communities to 1.4 million hectares, about 3.5 million acres, of forests by 2029. It’s a move the government ...

Safeguarding rights must be a priority for sustainable development, yet it often takes public outrage to force a change.

A court in eastern Indonesia has jailed 11 members of an indigenous community for obstructing nickel mining operations, a ruling that has drawn sharp criticism from rights and environmental groups.

The leader of an indigenous community on Indonesia’s Catholic-majority Flores island is suing a local government chief after accusing him of intimidating people opposed to a geothermal project that ...

Indonesia is currently facing significant environmental challenges, with biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change becoming increasingly prevalent. The indigenous O’Hongana Manyawa tribe, who ...

Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of Belém, a simpler yet powerful ...

Indonesia has pledged to recognize 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of Indigenous and customary forests by 2029, a move the government says will curb deforestation and advance Indigenous ...