The women of the Dani tribe of Papua, Indonesia, practice the tradition of ritually amputating parts of their fingers when a loved one dies. In late-October 2024, a post on Facebook highlighted an ...

Representatives of the Awyu and Moi Indigenous tribes protest in front of Indonesia's Supreme Court - Copyright AFP BAY ISMOYO Representatives of the Awyu and Moi ...

The Indonesian government, which acknowledges most of the concession was previously protected forest, told AFP otherwise. There is "recognition of evidence of the existence of isolated tribes around ...

For the Akit tribe of Bengkalis and Pelalawan districts in Riau province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, land is more than just soil beneath their feet: it is their identity, their lifeblood, ...

Deforestation at one of Indonesia's largest nickel processing hubs is threatening an Indigenous group that is among the country's last uncontacted tribes, rights groups allege. Nickel is a key ...

JAKARTA — The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua. In its ...

Indonesia is currently facing significant environmental challenges, with biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change becoming increasingly prevalent. The indigenous O’Hongana Manyawa tribe, who ...

A joint venture between Indonesia and state-owned Malaysia companies is constructing a network of dams in the Bulungan and Malinau districts of North Kalimantan, a sparsely populated Bornean province ...

The lush jungle of Halmahera Island in Indonesia has been eaten away by the world's largest nickel mine - Copyright AFP STR The lush jungle of Halmahera Island in ...

Indonesia's top court on Nov. 1 rejected an appeal by an Indigenous tribe in its lawsuit against a palm oil firm, leaving it at risk of losing vast swathes of ancestral forest, rights groups said. The ...