In 2016, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo officially recognized the customary forests of several indigenous people and customary communities. The recognition was given in the form of a Decree on the Inclusion of Customary Forest and Customary Forest Determination Letter to nine customary communities in the State Palace. Four years later, however, the Pandumaan Sipituhuta learned that their land was included in the Food Estate project. That was the last time we reported on the issue. The Government decided to stay low on the project even though the assignment continues. Nearly two years later, we learned that the Government would follow up on the plan to establish a Strategic Logistics Reserve Agency through regulations that were incorporated into a Presidential Regulation (Perpres) related to Increasing National Food Supply through the Development of Food Estate Areas.
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