Country:

Indonesia

Region:

Asia

Date:

October 2016 – April 2017

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This SRM has catalyzed the first instance where communities of Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia have received formal titles over their customary (adat) forests. This success follows a 2013 constitutional court decision driven by AMAN that recognized adat forests as separate from state forests, as well as the election of President Jokowi in 2014, after which new commitments were made to recognize the land and forest rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Over a 3-month period, RRI Collaborators HuMA and Epistema Institute coordinated advocacy efforts with AMAN, helping to achieve formal titles for 9 indigenous communities over 13,000 hectares of forest lands on December 30, 2016. President Jokowi personally handed out the titles.

This success has set a precedent for further recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples communities across Indonesia.