The Urgency In Strengthening the Land Administration and Registration of Customary Land
19 November 2025 marked a historical moment for the Patai Tribe and the Rematobi tribe in Yapen Island, as they received a copy of the Customary Land Register (DTU) from the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Body (ATR/BPN) during the event on Socialization of Customary Land Administration and Registration in Papua Province and Customary Territory Mapping. This event was attended by the Minister for Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of National Land Body, Nusron Wahid, together with the several provincial government in Papua ie Papua Province, South Papua Province, Central Papua Province and Papua Pegunungan Province, as well as government of the regencies of each province, and the Papua People’s Assembly (Majelis Rakyat Papua/MRP). This event is the continuing commitment from the government to recognise and protect the customary land of indigenous peoples. This significant achievement is the result of the implementation of the Decree of the Minister for Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Number 14 Year 2024 regarding the Implementation of Land Administration and Customary Land Registration (PermenATR/Ka BPN No. 14/2024), especially carried out by the Land Agency of Yapen under coordination of Land Office of Papua Region, in collaboration with Landesa Indonesia.

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