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'Foreign Influence' Behind Customary Area Recognition

Monday, April 6, 2026

The government’s push to recognize customary forests is not backed by funding. The Forestry Ministry relies on foreign philanthropic institutions.

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A view of the Pikul Customary Forest Area, Bengkayang, West Kalimantan, November 15, 2019. Doc. Tempo/Muhammad Hidayat. tempo : 177879641525.

FOR centuries, six customary territories in Malinau Regency, North Kalimantan, have stood united. The ancestors of the Dayak Kenyah—the oldest tribe in the Apo Da’a highlands in Pujungan District—had long developed the tana' ulen system. The Dayak Kenyah Indigenous community existed long before the government designated Kayan Mentarang National Park in 1980.

“The tana' ulen system strictly regulates protected forests t

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Fachri Hamzah contributed to the writing of this report. 

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