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Article

8 Jan 2014

Author:
IRIN News

Indonesian indigenous groups fight climate change with GPS mapping

Indigenous communities...are using GPS technology to demarcate the boundaries of their ancestral lands, a move [that] could...mitigate the negative effects of climate change...More than 600 cases for land rights have been filed in Indonesian courts by indigenous communities...[A]dvocates of sustainability and tribal rights hope the...maps will help the thousands of diverse aboriginal groups to guard the health of the environments they depend on for survival. In 2011, the Indonesian government granted forest concession licenses covering 23.41 million hectares of forest land to extractive industries and agri-business companies...[t]his has led to a growing number of land conflicts [refers to Global Environment Facility].