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Gorontalo engages communities, universities to preserve culture

The Gorontalo Province Cultural Preservation Office is engaging communities and universities in an effort to bring ...

East Kalimantan opens legal clinic for 506 indigenous communities

East Kalimantan has established the region's first and only Legal Clinic for Customary Law Communities (MHA) to ...

World Elephant Day 2026: Indonesia's fight to save its elephants

The term “sharenting” is typically associated with the practice of parents sharing their children’s ...

Ministry promotes Wamena as cultural, agrotourism hub

Ministry of Tourism is supporting the development of Wamena in Jayawijaya District, Highland Papua Province, as one of ...

Prabowo pledges to end extreme poverty through 29 policies

Rp1,400,000 (US$75) per month; 4. Smart Indonesia Program (PIP): 22,100,000 students in deciles 1-4 receive ...

Indonesia expands forest carbon market to boost green growth

Indonesia is expanding forest carbon trading to help meet emissions targets, widen community participation and ...

Govt plans bigger agriculture budget for Papua

The Ministry of Agriculture has announced plans to increase the agricultural development budget for Papua to accelerate ...

Carbon trading to benefit grassroots communities: Forestry Minister

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni stated that communities, through social forestry and customary forest schemes, have ...

Indonesian minister urges culture-based economy to drive growth

Culture Minister Fadli Zon said Indonesia's vast cultural assets can be developed into a source of economic growth ...

Ministry promotes local wisdom to restore degraded land

The Environment Ministry is involving indigenous communities in efforts to address land degradation by learning from ...

Social forestry strategic pillar for economic justice: Ministry

The Ministry of Forestry has emphasized that social forestry is one of Indonesia's strategic pillars for realizing ...

Southwest Papua prepares jurisdiction-based carbon scheme

The Southwest Papua Provincial Government is preparing a jurisdiction-based carbon scheme to support the national ...

Indigenous rights in Papua backed by constitution, DPD says

Indonesia's Regional Representative Council (DPD) said the legal standing of indigenous institutions and customary ...

Govt assures Papuan aspirations included in Human Rights Law revision

Deputy Minister of Human Rights Mugiyanto has assured that the aspirations of the Papuan people will be accommodated as ...

Indonesia taps local wisdom for forest emissions goals

Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry is integrating indigenous knowledge and youth-driven innovation into its FOLU Net ...