Indonesia is in the process of building a new, $32 billion capital city on the island of Borneo. But as VOA’s Ahadian Utama reports, the rapid development is raising concerns among some local ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The indigenous peoples of the Aru Islands, Maluku, Indonesia, call for biodiversity protection on their ancestral land. The peaceful protest coincides with the global biodiversity ...

Amira Zaed knew she wanted to reach the Indigenous people of Batin Sembilan and those living in forest areas in Jambi Province, Sumatra Island, Indonesia. To make her workshops as impactful as ...

With Prabowo winning the election, now is the time to enshrine Indigenous rights, write Michelin Sallata and Roberto Duma Buladja. On 14 February, shortly after Prabowo Subianto and his running mate ...

The country’s main business lobby says the project should contribute US$180 billion to Indonesia’s GDP and create 3 million jobs. The interests of the new capital are certainly not the interests of ...

The Indonesian government said it seeks to promote the “people’s welfare,” but critics warn that the plan could further ...

During this time, Jokowi continued to co-opt Indigenous identities by routinely wearing traditional attire from various regions across Indonesia during each Independence Day celebration ...

Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) determined that Draft Law on Indigenous Peoples will be included in 2025 National ...

JAKARTA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Indigenous community that sought to cancel a permit for a palm oil concession on thousands of hectares of ...

The land weighed on Mateus Bhui as he sifted the Rendubutowe soil through his fingers into a traditional container. “To our ...

Paula Hamadi cleans up trash as she collects clams in a mangrove forest where only women are permitted to enter in Jayapura, ...