All forest land in Indonesia is owned either by the state or private stakeholders. Indigenous\u00a0Peoples and local communities have been managing forest lands and resources through\u00a0customary management systems governed by customary laws, but communal ownership is not\u00a0recognized by the forestry law which declares all forest lands in Indonesia as state forests. Since\u00a0the 2014 national elections, however, forest tenure reform has emerged as a new priority for\u00a0Indonesia\u2019s government, which has consulted with AMAN and several other organizations that work\u00a0on land and forest tenure in formulating a new plan for advancing indigenous rights. This initiative\u00a0will play a key role in mobilizing support to utilize this new political momentum and implementing\u00a0the recent commitments made by the Government.<\/p>\n
Indigenous Peoples and local communities including women and marginalized groups; civil society\u00a0organizations; district and national level public sector agencies relevant to forest tenure; Office of\u00a0the President; the National Parliament.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Background All forest land in Indonesia is owned either by the state or private stakeholders. Indigenous\u00a0Peoples and local communities have been managing forest lands and resources through\u00a0customary management systems governed by customary laws, but communal ownership is not\u00a0recognized by the forestry law which declares all forest lands in Indonesia as state forests. Since\u00a0the 2014 national […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":849,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-projects.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-852","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n