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In Mekar Raya, a semi-remote pocket of Ketapang district near the west coast of Indonesian Borneo, the local Dayak Simpan Indigenous society are navigating the complex bureaucracy of the state in a bid to gain semi-autonomous control of their customary forest.
By Aseanty Pahlevi
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/indigenous-dayak-community-makes-strides-on-borneo-toward-forest-autonomy/
Mongabay Environmental News · Indigenous Dayak community makes strides on Borneo toward forest autonomyMEKAR RAYA, Indonesia — Yulius Yogi kneels under the forest canopy here on the island of Borneo, surveying land he plans to reclaim for his Dayak Simpan Indigenous community. “Our ancestors safeguarded [the forest], now it’s our responsibility to look after it,” Yulius, 35, told Mongabay Indonesia on the outskirts of Mekar Raya village, in […]