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• Indonesia: Indigenous People

  ’Cornered’ indigenous groups invest billions in conservation

  30 June 2018, by Jakarta Post

  Indigenous people spend a huge amount on conservation: about 23% of the global total spending. Nevertheless, millions of indigenous peoples in forested countries, including Indonesia, continue to suffer from conservation policies imposed on them by governments, donors and CSOs.
  A recent study, (...)

• Indonesia: Indigenous People

  Islamists impose special ID cards for followers of indigenous faiths

  5 April 2018, by Coconuts Jakarta

  When Indonesia’s Constitutional Court decided to allow followers of Indonesia’s numerous indigenous faiths (collectively grouped under the term Aliran Kepercayaan) to declare their beliefs on their official state ID cards in November, it was hailed by many as an important step towards combating (...)

• Indonesia: Indigenous People

  Elections & e-ID cards in Indonesia – Millions of indigenous people may lose voting rights: Alliance

  16 March 2018, by CAHYA Gemma Holliani

  Around three million indigenous people in areas across Indonesia may not be able to participate in the 2018 regional elections and 2019 legislative and presidential elections because they do not have e-ID cards, an alliance said on Thursday.
  Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (...)

• Indonesia: Indigenous People

  Saving the Heart of Borneo

  18 February 2007, by SHAH YAKOB Imran Imtiaz

  Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia have signed a pact to preserve what’s left of Borneo’s tropical rainforest. Do they mean it? “This is an historic occasion which marks new collaboration between our three countries. This will put the Heart of Borneo on the world stage as one of the last great blocks (...)