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In landmark ruling, Indonesia's indigenous people win right to millions of hectares of forest

2013-05-17 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's claim to millions of hectares of forest land, potentially giving indigenous and local communities the right to manage their customary forests, reports Mongabay-Indonesia. In a review of a 1999 forestry law, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled [PDF - Indonesian] that customary forests should not be classified as "State Forest Areas". The move is significant because Indonesia's central government...

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