But the festive mood was tempered by news that a much-anticipated government database meant to unify all the disparate land-use maps in Indonesia would not include customary land maps, at least ...

Indigenous groups have criticised Indonesia's One Map policy, saying that the project excludes their land and can lead to even more conflicts BANGKOK, March 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation ...

Last year, the NGO Forest Watch Indonesia used a new information law to wrest a pile of logging and tree plantation maps from the country’s forestry ministry. Now it is going after the HGUs.

The volcano is situated in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java and is some 97 miles from Indonesia's capital Jakarta. Anak Krakatau means "Child of Krakatoa" because of its ...