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Category: West Papua

Indigenous peoples’ rights and the status of forest land in Indonesia

Posted on 9 October 201325 September 2016

A recent meeting in Indonesia addressed three important issues facing the future of the forests in the country: gazettement of state forest; exclusion of indigenous peoples’ forest from the state forest; and the resolution of forestry conflicts.

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MIFEE’s massive seizure of indigenous lands is causing starvation and poverty in Papua

Posted on 3 September 201325 September 2016

The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) industrial plantations project is having serious impacts on people and forests in Papua province, Indonesia. Forest Peoples Programme’s Sophie Chao visited the project area earlier this year and reports that “disease and undernourishment are rampant”.

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Missing the Poorest for the Trees?

Posted on 5 July 201319 September 2017

“In order to be both effective and equitable, REDD+ will require large areas of land with clear tenure arrangements. Yet many developing countries suffer from conflicts over land ownership and continue to exclude local communities from land use decisions. How will REDD+ impact peace and security in these countries?”

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Indonesia’s Constitutional Court returns customary forests to indigenous peoples

Posted on 17 May 201325 September 2016

Yesterday, Indonesia’s Constitutional Court ruled that indigenous peoples’ customary forests should not be classed as “State Forest Areas”. This is a landmark ruling and an important step for the recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights in Indonesia.

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Dorjee Sun, Ulu Masen and The Burning Season

Posted on 8 March 201330 January 2020

At a presentation at the 2012 meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Dorjee Sun talked briefly about his involvement in forest protection and carbon trading. “We made front page of Time magazine with our project in Indonesia”.

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