#customary forest

Collection of customary forest news, found 22 news.

Indonesia to expand forest use for food, energy, GDP growth in 2026

The Indonesian government plans to expand the use of forest land in 2026 to support food, energy, and water security, ...

Indonesia reviews over 50,000 ha for customary forest status

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry is reviewing 14 locations totaling 50,984 hectares in the Papua and Kalimantan ...

Indigenous leader awarded Kalpataru for forest protection

An indigenous leader from West Kutai District (Kubar), East Kalimantan, has received the prestigious Kalpataru ...

Indonesia advocates indigenous communities' progress at FWG LCIPP

Indonesia in an international forum advocates for the rights of indigenous peoples in relation to climate change, ...

Tap local wisdom to reduce food waste: Forestry Ministry

Indonesia's Forestry Ministry has said several local wisdom values of indigenous communities can serve as ...

South Sorong's forest conservation: A global legacy

Forests on Papua Island have become an inseparable part of the indigenous peoples' lives, serving as a source of ...

Govt says committed to protecting forests in Papua

Indonesia's Environment and Forestry (LHK) Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has affirmed that the government and ...

Researchers highlight importance of local wisdom in forest management

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) researcher Binov Handitya highlighted the importance of local wisdom ...

Social forestry creating new economic growth in villages: minister

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar has said that the concept of social forestry, which gives ...

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Developing birdwatching as Jayapura's priority tourism

Birdwatching is a type of outdoor activity that is able to attract tourists, especially foreign tourists. The ...

FoLU Net Sink: Ministry optimizing social forestry permit issuance

The Environment and Forestry Ministry is optimizing legal permit provision for social forestry with the aim of covering ...

AMAN calls for acceleration of indigenous forest recognition

The Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) has called for expediting the recognition of indigenous or ...

Land-use decrees meant to advance people's livelihood: KSP

The distribution of decrees for social forests and agrarian reform object lands (TORA) to the people demonstrates the ...

President urges people to use productive land

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged communities to take advantage of the productive land provided by the ...

Jokowi reminds community to not handover decree of Social Forests

The government could revoke the Decree (SK) on Social Forests (Hutsos) and Agrarian Reform Objective Land (TORA) given ...