Thursday, 3 Sep 2026
NewsPress Release Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia Innovation and Creativity Arena, UGM, Yogyakarta, September 2, 2026
PCS 2026 gave birth to the "Indonesian People's Conservation Declaration" as a manifesto of a people-based conservation movement, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the rights, knowledge, and roles of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in determining the direction of Indonesia's conservation.
News
Thursday, 3 Sep 2026
NewsPress Release Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia Innovation and Creativity Arena, UGM, Yogyakarta, September 2, 2026
PCS 2026 gave birth to the "Indonesian People's Conservation Declaration" as a manifesto of a people-based conservation movement, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the rights, knowledge, and roles of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in determining the direction of Indonesia's conservation.
Tuesday, 1 Sep 2026
NewsPeoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia "Decolonizing Conservation: Affirming People's Sovereignty over Knowledge and Governance of Biodiversity in Indonesia"
Peoples' Conservation Summit (PCS) 2026 encourages a change in Indonesia's conservation perspective to be more favorable to indigenous peoples and local communities as the main subjects of conservation, knowledge holders, and guardians of biodiversity in their living areas
Monday, 31 Aug 2026
NewsPress Release: Peoples' Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia "Striving for Conservation, Fighting Marginalization"
Conservation is not new to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Forests, rivers, food spaces, and living areas have been managed through rules, traditions, knowledge, and practices rooted in the community's philosophy of life and passed down from generation to generation. These various practices show that conservation has long been alive and practiced by the community.
Monday, 31 Aug 2026
NewsPress Release: Peoples’ Conservation Summit 2026: Road to COP-17 CBD, Armenia, Public Dialogue "People's Conservation for Indonesia: Building a Fair Biodiversity Governance Paradigm"
Conservation is often imagined as an effort to protect flora, fauna, and areas that are sterile from human intervention. Conservation areas are imagined as empty spaces, even having to be empty of humans.
Articles and Fact Sheets
Wednesday, 12 Aug 2026
Articles and Fact SheetsTesting Indonesia's Commitment to IBSAP Amid Mineral Downstreaming
Mineral downstreaming is an important test for Indonesia's commitment to IBSAP, especially in ensuring that biodiversity protection aligns with development and respects the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.
Sunday, 28 Jun 2026
Articles and Fact SheetsIndonesian Local Biodiversity Outlook: A Complementary Report on the Implementation of Global Biodiversity Targets
An Indigenous woman from Menua Kedungkang weaves traditional cloth as part of Kapuas Hulu’s local knowledge practices in West Kalimantan. Source: FWI, 2025.
Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026
Articles and Fact SheetsA Trilemma: The Designation of Meratus National Park from the Perspectives of Human Rights Justice, Morality, and Ethics
Indigenous Communities and civil society groups rally against the designation of the Meratus Mountains as a national park, calling for the protection of customary rights, ancestral lands, and local livelihoods. Source: WGII, 2025.
Sunday, 21 Sep 2025
Articles and Fact SheetsPasir Eurih Narrative: Relearning "Conservation"
A portrait of the life of the Kasepuhan Pasir Eurih Indigenous Community amidst the expanse of rice fields, which are one of their main sources of food in Banten. Source: Faizal Aziz, WGII 2025.
Publication and Analysis
Saturday, 4 Jul 2026
Book and ResearchThe Long Struggle of Indonesia's Indigenous Peoples for Conservation and Living Space
Fifteen stories of indigenous community conservation areas (ICCAs) in Indonesia, narrating the long struggle of communities from Merauke to Banten to defend their living spaces against deforestation and dispossession.
Saturday, 4 Jul 2026
Book and Research50 Indigenous Leaders’ Voices for Nature and People in Indonesia
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.
Tuesday, 23 Jun 2026
Policy BriefsStrengthening Regulations for the Protection and Advancement of Local Wisdom in Natural Resource and Environmental Conservation
Local wisdom is a community practice that has proven to maintain ecological balance and the sustainability of natural resources.
Thursday, 21 May 2026
ICCA Status infographicIndigenous Peoples and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas - May 2026 Edition
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.
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Community Conservation Learning Center
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2026
Community Conservation Learning CenterVirtual Capacity Building UNCBD COP16 Day 1 - Part 1 | WGII
The meeting focused on the Convention on Biological Diversity and its implementation, discussing its objectives, challenges, and the role of indigenous peoples and local communities.
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2026
Community Conservation Learning CenterVirtual Capacity Building UNCBD COP16 Day 1 - Part 2 | WGII
The meeting was a workshop focusing on the Convention on Biological Diversity, discussing its importance, objectives, challenges, and the role of indigenous peoples and local communities.
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2026
Community Conservation Learning CenterHearing for Case Number 132/PUU-XXII/2024. Friday, May 2, 2025.
Hearing testimony from witnesses and expert applicants regarding the formal examination of Law Number 32 of 2024 on the amendment to Law Number 5 of 1990.
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2026
Community Conservation Learning CenterHearing Case Number 132 PUU XXII 2024 Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Hearing statements from the DPD, as well as experts and presidential witnesses regarding the formal examination of Law Number 32 of 2024.