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 ...

JAKARTA — Norway’s $1.6 trillion state pension fund has dropped French miner Eramet from its investment portfolio over its role in a vast Indonesian nickel mine accused of destroying rainforest and ...

JAKARTA — Indigenous rights activists have condemned the Indonesian government’s decision to grant 328,000 hectares (810,505 acres) of cultivation rights for a massive rice plantation project in Papua ...

Laurensia Yame is a mother of seven in her 50s who, with her Indigenous community, the Awyu, lives deep in the forests of South Papua Province, Indonesia. In late 2020, she heard from women traders ...

Indonesia has pledged to recognize 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of Indigenous and customary forests by 2029, a move the government says will curb deforestation and advance Indigenous ...

At least 10 people were hospitalized when indigenous people clashed with employees of Indonesia’s largest wood pulp producer in North Sumatra Province, reviving demands that the government stop ...

Indigenous peoples play an important role in the global climate agenda. At the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, their work as forest guardians and protectors of ...

Indonesia is currently facing significant environmental challenges, with biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change becoming increasingly prevalent. The indigenous O’Hongana Manyawa tribe, who ...

LONDON, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, the indigenous community of Sungai Utik has been protecting 10,000 hectares of land for decades, ...

(Tokyo) – Indonesian police unlawfully dispersed, beat, and detained 11 Papuan protesters in Merauke City, South Papua, on January 25, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should ...