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Residents struggle amid haze in Indonesia, yet government fails to grasp the root cause of peatland fires
About 40 million people across Kalimantan and Sumatra have been forced to breathe hazardous, suffocating haze caused by forest and peatland fires for two months. Yet the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka administration has shown no serious commitment to addressing the haze's impact on public health, even ignoring calls to declare it a national disaster.
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Court rejected Indigenous Malind Peoples’ lawsuit challenging a 135-km roadway destroying customary forest
The Jayapura State Administrative Court (PTUN Jayapura) announced its decision on September 18 to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the environmental permit for the 135-kilometer road development in Merauke, West Papua.
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From Papua to the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples Unite to Defend Their Territories
Indigenous and Traditional Territories must be recognised on their own terms, rather than communities being forced into conservation models that do not reflect their rights, governance systems, or choices.
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Greenpeace Clarifies Findings on the Raja Ampat’s Nickel Report
Jakarta, August 16, 2026. Greenpeace Indonesia clarifies findings published in ‘Unprotected Paradise’ report about new nickel mining threats in Raja Ampat, West Papua. Greenpeace has made an error by saying…
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A Year After #SaveRajaAmpat, Greenpeace Report Reveals Nickel and Dirty Energy Threats in the Archipelago
A Greenpeace Indonesia research report released today reveals that one year after public outcry over nickel mining in Raja Ampat through the #SaveRajaAmpat campaign, there is little evidence to suggest that the Indonesian government is working toward full and permanent protection of the area known as the ‘last paradise on Earth’.
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How to protect nature and territorial rights from the new mining rush
Biodiversity protection is vital to life on Earth. A new interactive tool from Greenpeace International and other organisations shows just how.
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Marind Indigenous People Challenge Permit for 135km Access Road: Stop Destroying West Papua’s Forests
Marind people from the south of West Papua today filed a legal challenge against an access road for a government project destroying their forests.
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Sweet Promises, Bitter Reality: Inside the Merauke Sugarcane Project
Report: In the Marind homeland in West Papua, land grabbing and forest destruction are taking hold in the name of the Indonesian government’s program for food and energy self-sufficiency.
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West Papuan Protest Against Merauke Sugarcane Nat. Strategic Project
West Papuan youth and impacted landowners portrayed the struggle of Indigenous Peoples whose ancestral lands are being seized for the Merauke Sugarcane National Strategic Project.
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Indigenous youth are rising: Across tropical forests, a new generation speaks with a unified voice
Deep within the forest of Sira Village, West Papua, nearly 100 young Indigenous Leaders gathered for a Forest Defenders Camp.