Indonesia’s push to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights

Mongabay
Jan 14, 2020, 6:28 am1k ptsInteresting
JAKARTA — President Joko Widodo’s focus on building tourism hotspots has created an increasingly hostile environment for indigenous communities and land rights activists in Indonesia, a new report says. There were 83 recorded land conflicts triggered as a direct result of infrastructure projects across the…

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