Over the past half century the rainforests of Borneo have been logged, strip-mined, burned, and converted for monoculture plantations. The forests that local people primarily relied upon for ...

Local people have mapped their customary forest but still must deal with companies who are given permits to exploit their land. Residents derive a variety of benefits from the surrounding environment, ...

In parts of Indonesian Borneo, forests endure not because they are fenced off or regulated, but because they are feared. Among the Indigenous Iban people of Sungai Utik, large strangler fig trees are ...

The Dayak Iban community of Sungai Utik have long fought to protect the forest and their place in it. After nearly half a century, they are now owners of over 10,000 hectares of customary land.

When Lukas Alfario Surya Dewanto arrived at the remote Sui Utik hamlet deep in the forests of West Kalimantan province last year, he wasn’t sure what to expect. A student at the University of Gadjah ...

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