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Indigenous Peoples Month: A Time to Recognise & Align with the True Stewards of the Environment
Messages of solidarity, defiance, and hope from the world’s great tropical forests
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‘Paradise Silenced’ Photo Book: Greenpeace’s Two Decades Documenting Stories and Struggles in West Papua
Greenpeace Indonesia has launched a photo book titled 'Paradise Silenced' following International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
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Indonesia’s Carbon Offset Failures Show Climate Polluters Must Pay, Can’t ‘Trade’ Away Their Responsibilities
Baku/Jakarta, 20 November 2024 – Greenpeace Indonesia pushed today for governments gathered at the UN’s annual climate talks to directly finance communities who do the real work of protecting high…
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Dark Day for Indigenous Forests in Tanah Papua as Supreme Court Rejects Awyu Tribe’s Final Appeal
Members of the Awyu community had lodged an appeal to protect their customary forest in Boven Digoel, South Papua, from industrial palm oil expansion. The ruling marks yet another setback for Indigenous and local communities striving to safeguard their environment through legal channels.
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2045 and Beyond: Will ASEAN Leaders Prioritise Environmental and Human Rights or a Dirty Economy?
6 Oct 2024 – As the region’s leaders chart the way ahead via ASEAN Vision 2045, it is imperative to ensure that human rights are at the forefront. We urge…
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‘Indonesia is Not For Sale’ Message to Jokowi During Celebration at New Capital City
East Kalimantan, August 17, 2024. While President Jokowi was overseeing the first celebration of Indonesian Independence Day at the construction site of the nation’s new capital on Borneo island, a…
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Papuan Indigenous Activists Present Quarter-Million Signatures to Supreme Court
Brandishing shields, bows, and legal dossiers, Auyu environmental warriors today took the fight for their traditional land from the forests of South Papua into a Jakarta courtroom.
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Land Back: Supreme Court Ceremonial Venue for Papuan Indigenous Peoples Fighting Palm Oil Companies
Indigenous activists from the Awyu and Moi Peoples of Tanah Papua today employed traditional ceremonies to call on Indonesia’s Supreme Court to protect their traditional land and forests from destruction for palm oil plantations.
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Awyu People’s Struggle to Defend Forest Home from Palm Oil Rejected in Court; Community Files Cassation Appeal
Hendrikus Woro remains steadfast in his pursuit of justice to protect the Indigenous lands of his community from encroachment by the palm oil industry, today submitting a Cassation appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Samai Panthakote: Community Leader and Defender of Forests
The government claims that the wind turbine project is good for carbon offsetting. But this area already has forests rich enough to store carbon. This lush forest is our home.