Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In late-October 2024, a post on Facebook highlighted an indigenous tribe on the island of New Guinea, in which the tribespeople ...

Indonesia's top court on Friday rejected an appeal by an Indigenous tribe in its lawsuit against a palm oil firm, leaving it at risk of losing vast swathes of ancestral forest, rights groups said. The ...

The lush jungle of Halmahera Island in Indonesia has been eaten away by the world's largest nickel mine - Copyright AFP STR The lush jungle of Halmahera Island in ...

Deforestation at one of Indonesia's largest nickel processing hubs is threatening an Indigenous group that is among the country's last uncontacted tribes, rights groups allege. Nickel is a key ...

Some members of the Buton tribe in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia are born with naturally bright blue eyes - a rare sight in ...

JAKARTA — The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua. In its ...

Indonesia is currently facing significant environmental challenges, with biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change becoming increasingly prevalent. The indigenous O’Hongana Manyawa tribe, who ...

JAKARTA, March 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of Indonesian indigenous people gathered on Sumatra island on Friday to call on the government to protect their land rights as fears grow ...

Representatives of the Awyu and Moi Indigenous tribes protest in front of Indonesia's Supreme Court - Copyright AFP BAY ISMOYO Representatives of the Awyu and Moi ...

Indonesia's top court on Nov. 1 rejected an appeal by an Indigenous tribe in its lawsuit against a palm oil firm, leaving it at risk of losing vast swathes of ancestral forest, rights groups said. The ...