During the Amazon Synod (2019), the Pontiff reinforced the Church’s commitment to defending Indigenous sovereignty, urging ...

For the Akit tribe of Bengkalis and Pelalawan districts in Riau province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, land is more ...

Indonesia’s climate aid scandal raises concerns about transparency and accountability, threatening future funding and the ...

Around the world: North Sumatra farmers fight eviction against palm oil giant, Garden River First Nation student researches ...

“That’s the PT Bartra Putra Mulia [BPM] nickel mine,” Manan, the village chief, told Mongabay Indonesia. Locals like Manan say life has become harder since 2020, when the company began operating here ...

Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project ...

Indigenous schools teach youth to protect Borneo’s “omen birds,” Ottawa ends Northwest Territories safety program funding ...

A court handed down jail terms on eight indigenous people in Indonesia ’s Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province amid ...

A United Nations effort is channeling more finance to communities to help them conserve, restore and sustainably manage ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil ...