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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 ...

The Indonesian government has decided to not include maps of indigenous territory in its unified land-use map database when it is launched this month, despite the fact that some of the maps have been ...

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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) - An ...

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 ...