Land Grab Court Case Enters Decisive Final Week
NGOs are stepping up calls for Indonesia’s national government to show support for Indigenous rights in West Papua as a landmark court case enters its final week of hearings.
NGOs are stepping up calls for Indonesia’s national government to show support for Indigenous rights in West Papua as a landmark court case enters its final week of hearings.
The customary assembly is an official forum for indigenous peoples who own customary rights to express their complaints and aspirations.
Occupation of community lands was blatantly conducted by the companies using the law.
The termination shows a breakdown in cooperation and commitment between the two governments in taking serious joint action against climate change.
An estimated US$724 billion in GDP is exposed to the impact of extreme sea-level rise and coastal flooding in seven major cities in Asia.
Levels of toxic NO2 air pollution have rebounded in cities around the world one year after initial Covid-19 lockdowns went into effect, a new report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia finds.