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'Picking Up Sinking Wood': Indigenous Villages and Reality

  • forest
  • indigenous people
The laws and regulations on recognition of indigenous communities and their right to land is deemed to fail without the buy-in from the communities themselves. Photo credit: Mario Munthe for WRI Indonesia
  • forest
  • indigenous people

Why Private Forests Should Not Be Neglected

  • forest
  • indigenous people
Into the wild: Subayang River, which parts the Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling Wildlife Sanctuary, has seen numerous conflicts of interests between forest administrators and local stakeholders. (The Jakarta Post/Tarko Sudiarno)
  • forest
  • indigenous people

The Vision of Social Forestry in South Sumatera

  • indigenous people
Presiden Joko Widodo menyerahkan sertifikat hak atas tanah kepada masyarakat di berbagai provinsi. Kredit foto: Sekretaris Kabinet RI
  • indigenous people

Quo Vadis Social Forestry

  • forest
  • indigenous people
Menteri Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Siti Nurbaya memberikan sambutan dalam penyerahan SK Perhutanan Sosial di Taman Wisata Alam Punti Kayu, Palembang. Kredit foto: WRI Indonesia
  • forest
  • indigenous people
Insights
A man canoeing in Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Flickr/Julien Harneis
  • climate change
  • forest
  • indigenous people

Long, winding road for indigenous rights

  • indigenous people
  • Indonesia
  • land rights
  • indigenous people
  • Indonesia
  • land rights

As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

  • deforestation
  • forest
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • palm oil

5 Ways Indigenous Groups Are Fighting Back Against Land Seizures

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure

For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty

No Better Time for Indonesia's Indigenous Communities to Reclaim Land Rights

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • indigenous people
  • One Map
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • indigenous people
  • One Map

5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • Mapping
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • Mapping

ASEAN Countries Must Act Together to Confront Climate Change

  • Climate
  • Asia
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • international climate policy
  • Climate
  • Asia
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • international climate policy

The Roadmap to Decarbonization Won’t Go Far without Land

  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Asia
  • carbon
  • climate
  • climate change
  • degraded land
  • food
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • agroforestry
  • Asia
  • carbon
  • climate
  • climate change
  • degraded land
  • food

By the Numbers: Indigenous and Community Land Rights

  • deforestation
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • deforestation
  • indigenous people
  • land rights

Protecting Indigenous Land Rights Makes Good Economic Sense

  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights

Indonesian Fires Create “Hazardous” Levels of Air Pollution in Singapore

  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires
Singapore during the 2013 haze crisis. Photo by Choo Yut Shing/Flickr.
  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires

Preventing Forest Fires in Indonesia: Focus on Riau Province, Peatland, and Illegal Burning

  • Climate
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
A comprehensive, proactive fires prevention plan, with a special emphasis on key subdistricts in Riau Province—involving government, business, and NGOs—can help ensure that Indonesia’s forests continue generating economic, social, and environmental benefits for years to come. Photo credit: Wakx/Flickr
  • Climate
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires

Fires in Indonesia Spike to Highest Levels Since June 2013 Haze Emergency

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  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • POTICO
The majority of the fire alerts are concentrated in the Indonesian province of Riau, on the island of Sumatra. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • POTICO

Indonesian Fires Bring More Haze to Southeast Asia

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
A forest fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in September of 2011. Photo credit: Rini Sulaiman/Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • fire
  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

Indonesia Haze Risk Will Remain High Unless Ministers Keep Promises

  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
Daily life in a peatland area in Indonesia. Two thirds of this summer's forest fires appear to have been on peatland. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Asia
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil