Publication and Analysis

Local wisdom is a community practice that has proven to maintain ecological balance and the sustainability of natural resources.

The Living Planet & IUCN 2022 report shows a biodiversity crisis: wildlife populations have declined by 69% globally. In Indonesia, 1,225 species are threatened with extinction due to land exploitation, climate change, and IUUF.

The KSDAHE Bill has the potential to strengthen conservation, but it does not yet emphasize human rights. Conservation areas are living spaces for communities. Policies need to ensure human rights to prevent exclusion in the name of conservation.

KM-GBF is an opportunity to promote inclusive, fair, and sustainable conservation in Indonesia. The KSDAHE Bill can adopt it to strengthen the role of indigenous and local communities in preserving biodiversity.

A concise pocket guide summarising Indonesia’s Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2025–2045, covering national targets, strategic goals, and action groups aligned with global commitments.

Fifty Indigenous leaders from across Indonesia share their perspectives on nature, conservation, and the living spaces their communities have guarded for generations, spanning Sumatra to Papua.

Sixteen grassroots stories from Indonesian Indigenous and local communities supported by ICCA-GSI, showing how community resilience and customary stewardship sustained livelihoods through the COVID-19 pandemic.

A celebration of ICCAs across Southeast Asia — from the T'boli of Lake Sebu in the Philippines to the forests of Borneo — showing how Indigenous communities govern and sustain their territories of life.

The preparation of the Regional Biodiversity Management Master Plan (RIP) is a strategic agenda to ensure that biodiversity management at the regional level aligns with national development directions.

WGII urges the recognition of Indigenous Peoples' rights in CBD negotiations. KM-GBF and Indonesian law support inclusive conservation that aligns traditional rights with global biodiversity commitments.

The importance of inclusive participation in IBSAP, protection of traditional knowledge/DSI, tenure rights indicators in KM-GBF targets, and funding access for conservation actors in Indonesia.

The 2022 KM-GBF mandates inclusive NBSAP revisions. While groups like IPLCs and youth lead conservation, financial and technical gaps persist, requiring rights-based and gender-responsive governance.

As of May 2026, the total area of the National ICCAs Registration reaches 1,010,430.68 hectares with a distribution of 527 ICCAs points managed by 192 Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

As of May 2025, the total area of the National ICCAs Registration reaches 647,457.49 hectares spread across 293 indigenous and local community areas.