Indonesia s map project ignores indigenous land, risks conflicts
Wednesday, 31 March 2021 07:35 GMT
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows houses near a forest in Indonesia s South Sumatra province in this October 16, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Beawiharta
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By Rina Chandran
BANGKOK, March 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An ambitious Indonesian project to create a single database of the country s land area and stop conflicts is destined to flounder unless it includes maps created by indigenous communities, advocates said on Wednesday.
The One Map policy, rolled out a decade ago and meant to be completed by late 2020, aimed to merge 85 thematic maps of the sprawling archipelago s 34 provinces into one map, with local communities involved to help settle conflicting claims.
Indonesia s map project ignores indigenous land, risks conflicts
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