Land Rights

The Dutch colonialists adopted the concept of domein verklaring (domain declaration) to claim control over a large part of Indonesia’s land. This act lives on in modern-day Indonesia, causing conflict and poverty.

For Jakarta’s most vulnerable, vertical social housing creates more problems than it solves

Indonesia’s first 'new city' may not be addressing the urban problems it was supposed to 

The 2009 mining law and the community benefit in Sulawesi

Locals contest national citizenship rights in North Maluku

Compromises must be made in the quest for indigeneity among the Dayak Meratus

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘But that is, after all, the relationship between land and power... Whoever holds power will impose their view.’

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘Siapa yang pegang kuasa, akan paksakan pandangannya tentang bagaimana cara mengatur aset alam itu.’

The end of the boom has not meant an end to the perilous impact of coal mining in East Kalimantan

Succession within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta decides who will own vast tracts of land

Jokowi must accommodate customary rights lest his development agenda spur land conflicts

Indonesia’s unions are engaging in electoral politics in unprecedented ways in an attempt to balance the influence of business

Illegal squatters in Jakarta struggle for recognition of their homes and livelihoods

Taring Padi takes stock of a more than a decade fighting the political establishment – with art as its weapon

The victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster continue to assert their rights to compensation

Mining is booming in East Nusa Tenggara, but where is the wealth going?

Architect Antonio Ismael Risianto promotes planning for the urban poor

Gated communities are built with little concern for their social and environmental impacts

Regional autonomy and spatial planning in Bandung benefits the elite

Direct local elections have led to new developments in the struggle for land rights in East Kalimantan