Indonesia awards biggest Indigenous forest claim yet to Bornean Dayaks

JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has recognized the rights of 15 Indigenous Dayak communities to forests on Borneo covering a combined area larger than Jakarta. The nearly 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) is the largest cluster of customary forests ever recognized by the state. “This recognition of 15 ancestral forests in Gunung Mas district, Central Kalimantan … Continue reading Indonesia awards biggest Indigenous forest claim yet to Bornean Dayaks