By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — In recent United Nations biodiversity conferences, global leaders have championed Indigenous peoples as critical partners in achieving conservation goals ...

However, for the Indigenous people of Indonesia, fasting is not only practiced by those who are Muslim and has been done since before religion entered the archipelago. Indigenous Indonesians have ...

Last week in Maumere, in Indonesia’s Flores island, the Catholic Church came under fire for reclaiming Indigenous people's ...

President Joko Widodo, together with a number of ministers and governors, camped at the site that will become Indonesia's new ... because so far, the indigenous people feel they are not involved ...

That proclamation may ring hollow for the country’s Indigenous peoples. Prabowo’s new government appears set to continue expanding Indonesia’s domestic resource-processing capabilities. This signals ...

Geothermal projects are part of Indonesia’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. Located within the ...

Research finds that indigenous peoples, including women and youth, can lead and have an active role as promoters of clean and ...

Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The sudden occupation of forest areas and villages of indigenous peoples by the massive deployment of military units in the Indonesian region of Papua is becoming a constant ...

In Indonesia, home to as many as 70 million Indigenous people and over 1,300 different ethnic groups, a new initiative is aiming to bridge this gap. Launched in May, the Nusantara Fund will channel ...

The Mahakilaku Festival has its roots in the rich spiritual and cultural traditions of the indigenous peoples of Indonesia. The festival is believed to have originated from ancient animistic ...