While boasting in front of the international community of a commitment to grant 1.4 million hectares of customary forest in ...

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 ...

Research shows that globally, Indigenous peoples are the most effective stewards of their forests and the massive stores of carbon and biodiversity within. Yet in Indonesia, which harbors the majority ...

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 ...

JAKARTA — Rights activists have lambasted Indonesia’s parliament for delaying yet again a long-awaited Indigenous rights bill — stuck in limbo for more than a decade — even as communities continue to ...

Indigenous communities around the world, touching on issues both new and old. Efforts to increase direct funding to support ...

UN experts expressed concern on Tuesday about Indonesia’s continued disregard for the fundamental rights of its Indigenous peoples. They urged the Indonesian government to recognize Indigenous peoples ...