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Bali’s mountain dwellers govern with ancient palm leaf treatises

Luh De Suriyani 29 Oct 2015
Sungai Utik elder Bandi in 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The indigenous community whose forest is their supermarket

Andi Fachrizal 28 Oct 2015

An indigenous declaration in Kalimantan looks to make history

Sapariah Saturi 22 Oct 2015

Advances from oil palm interests leave Sulawesi village unmoved

Christopel Paino 20 Oct 2015

Punk rocker likes what he sees in Sumatra’s resin forest

Taufik Wijaya 19 Oct 2015

In the shadow of a metropolis, a community revives Java’s lost forests

Petrus Riski 16 Oct 2015

A village in Borneo turns away from palm oil

Andi Fachrizal 14 Oct 2015

After the tsunami, a forest restored along a river in Aceh

Chik Rini 13 Oct 2015

After years of struggle and bloodshed, Peruvian community wins back its land

Apoorva Joshi 9 Oct 2015

Could canned fish soup stop government-community conflict in Sumatra?

Taufik Wijaya 9 Oct 2015

A Dayak village campaigns for rights to its forests

Aseanty Pahlevi 8 Oct 2015

Lombok’s blooming community forest bears fruit and raises livelihoods – and haj trips

Jay Fajar 7 Oct 2015

From conflict to partnership, a Kalimantan community and logging company manage the forest together

Indra Nugraha 15 Sep 2015

Powered by the land: The Sumatran village that conserves forest for electricity

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Sep 2015

Indonesian villagers transform ailing forests into oasis of fruit

Sapariah Saturi 8 Sep 2015

Indonesian village opts to protect mangroves, preserve livelihoods

Themmy Doaly 28 Aug 2015

Palm oil a mixed blessing in Indonesia’s peat peninsula

Zamzami 4 Aug 2015

Director-generals inaugurated as merger of Indonesian Environment, Forestry Ministries continues

Sapariah Saturi 2 Jun 2015

To improve food security, look to the forests, new report says

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2015

Proposed law could decimate Indonesia’s remaining forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2015

Mapping local communities’ efforts to protect forests in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Feb 2015

Communities create timber company to protect Sumatran forest

Loren Bell 4 Feb 2015

Sulawesi communities build big, unique houses by sustainably managing forests

Loren Bell 3 Feb 2015

Rapid development threatening traditional farms, forests in West Papua

Loren Bell 3 Feb 2015

After 10 years vying for protection, Kalimantan community granted legal rights to community forest

Loren Bell 30 Jan 2015

Sumatran community takes charge to protect its forest, attracts REDD+ attention

Loren Bell 29 Jan 2015

Sumatran community grows crops, aids conservation through ‘village forests’

Loren Bell 23 Jan 2015

Sumatran village protects environment through agroforestry

Loren Bell 21 Jan 2015

Sulawesi village seeks protection for sacred forest threatened by development

Loren Bell 16 Jan 2015

Farmers help restore degraded forests in Sulawesi

Loren Bell 15 Jan 2015

Forest management by Sulawesi community attracts international attention

Loren Bell 13 Jan 2015

Sulawesi community regains access to forest on which it depends

Loren Bell 9 Jan 2015

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