The Badjao Indigenous Peoples in Surigao City: Forever an Eyesore?
By: Bibing Mordeno/ Samdhana
Primary Forest Case Study
Realising rights-based conservation and a sustainable development agenda in Papua to protect the last remaining Indonesian primary forests.
BASIC METRICS
- Primary forest area (source): 25 million ha
- Carbon storage/sequestration: store 5,081 million tons of carbon
- Keystone species: birds of paradise, tree kangaroos, rainbow fishes, birdwing butterflies, black orchids
- Supporting indigenous groups, local people: 271 indigenous tribes
Context and values
Supporting local Actors
To accelerate the recognition of indigenous territory, in September 2018, the Jayapura regency government issued a District law for the recognition, protection and empowerment of indigenous peoples, establishing a special task force called the Indigenous Peoples Task Force (GTMA). The task force focuses on preparing social and spatial data, providing capacity building to institutions related to the recognition and protection of indigenous peoples' rights to natural resources, and policy analysis which strengthens the implementation of this program.
Reforming Ulayat Communal Rights Assets and Access for the Wellbeing of Customary Law Communities in the Bomberai, Domberai dan Saireri Customary Regions – West Papua Province
A Study for Submission to the Governor of West Papua Province
By: Nicolas Wanenda, S.Si*, Yunus Yumte, S.Hut**
Summary: