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30Sep Policy

Tenure Options for Control and Utilization Mangroves in Other Use Areas

The area of ​​Indonesia's mangrove ecosystem, according to the 2024 National Mangrove Map, reaches 3,440,464 hectares (Ha),1 or 21% of the world's total mangrove area.2 The distribution of mangrove ecosystems in Indonesia is primarily in Papua, with approximately 45% of Indonesia's mangroves located in that region. The remaining 21.1% are found on the island of Kalimantan and approximately 19.4% in Sumatra.3 Mangrove ecosystems are important because they play a strategic role in protecting coastal areas from abrasion and storms, serving as habitats for biodiversity,4 storing carbon reserves, providing food sources, and providing cultural services such as ecotourism and rituals.
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by Root Admin 30/09/2026
30Sep Gender Equality & Social Inclusion

Transformative, Gender-Inclusive, and Socially Inclusive Land Administration

Land administration is a government policy that regulates the legal relationships between land and individuals, as stipulated in the 1945 Constitution and outlined in the Basic Agrarian Law (UUPA). Land registration administration is one of the priority programs of national land policy. This policy is part of the implementation of the 2000 agrarian reform through People's Consultative Assembly Decree No. IX of 2000 concerning agrarian reform and natural resource management. Within this framework, the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR BPN), as the entity responsible for and implementing land management and stewardship in Indonesia, ensures that, in Regulation No. 7 of 2020 concerning the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of ATR BPN, the registration of all land parcels in Indonesia will be completed by 2025.
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by Root Admin 30/09/2026
19Nov NewsPress Release

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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by Root Admin 19/11/2025
17Jul Gender Equality & Social Inclusion

Land Tenure, Coastal Resources, and Community Assessment in the Nusantara Capital City

This report provides an in-depth study on five key issues in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN), namely, (i) the bundle of rights, (ii) land tenure administration, (iii) disparities in land tenure, (iv) conflict over natural resources, and (v) traditional practices of environmental conservation in coastal areas within protected and cultivation areas. This study focuses on the mangrove area, which in the IKN area covers an area of 11.668 hectares.
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by Root Admin 17/07/2025
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30Sep Policy

Tenure Options for Control and Utilization Mangroves in Other Use Areas

The area of ​​Indonesia's mangrove ecosystem, according to the 2024 National Mangrove Map, reaches 3,440,464 hectares (Ha),1 or 21% of the world's total mangrove area.2 The distribution of mangrove ecosystems in Indonesia is primarily in Papua, with approximately 45% of Indonesia's mangroves located in that region. The remaining 21.1% are found on the island of Kalimantan and approximately 19.4% in Sumatra.3 Mangrove ecosystems are important because they play a strategic role in protecting coastal areas from abrasion and storms, serving as habitats for biodiversity,4 storing carbon reserves, providing food sources, and providing cultural services such as ecotourism and rituals.
Read More
by Root Admin 30/09/2026
30Sep Gender Equality & Social Inclusion

Transformative, Gender-Inclusive, and Socially Inclusive Land Administration

Land administration is a government policy that regulates the legal relationships between land and individuals, as stipulated in the 1945 Constitution and outlined in the Basic Agrarian Law (UUPA). Land registration administration is one of the priority programs of national land policy. This policy is part of the implementation of the 2000 agrarian reform through People's Consultative Assembly Decree No. IX of 2000 concerning agrarian reform and natural resource management. Within this framework, the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR BPN), as the entity responsible for and implementing land management and stewardship in Indonesia, ensures that, in Regulation No. 7 of 2020 concerning the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of ATR BPN, the registration of all land parcels in Indonesia will be completed by 2025.
Read More
by Root Admin 30/09/2026
19Nov NewsPress Release

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.
Read More
by Root Admin 19/11/2025
17Jul Gender Equality & Social Inclusion

Land Tenure, Coastal Resources, and Community Assessment in the Nusantara Capital City

This report provides an in-depth study on five key issues in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN), namely, (i) the bundle of rights, (ii) land tenure administration, (iii) disparities in land tenure, (iv) conflict over natural resources, and (v) traditional practices of environmental conservation in coastal areas within protected and cultivation areas. This study focuses on the mangrove area, which in the IKN area covers an area of 11.668 hectares.
Read More
by Root Admin 17/07/2025
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