Cradling the centuries-old remains of his mummified ancestor, tribe leader Eli Mabel lays bare an ancient tradition that has all but vanished among the Dani people in the Papuan central highlands. The ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - In a jungled corner of Indonesia's Papua, the Awyu tribe await a Supreme Court verdict that will determine whether thousands of hectares of rainforest will be cleared for a vast ...

Indigenous peoples in Papua and West Papua provinces harvest sago as a staple food, but say their diets and culture are threatened by forest-clearing to produce palm oil BALI, Indonesia, Aug 20 ...

Catholic Church officials have come out in support of a Papuan indigenous tribe after an Indonesian court refused to revoke permits to start an oil palm plantation that threatens to clear the tribals' ...

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 ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court has appointed a judge to seek a mediated settlement in a $30 billion lawsuit filed by a Papuan tribe against a unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold over ...

Human rights organisations suspect a live YouTube broadcast detailing abuses by the Indonesian government may have been the real reason behind "technical difficulties" at an environmental conference ...