The Mului community has been fighting for the rights to manage their lands and fending off claims from mining and logging corporations for decades. Then in 2018, after the establishment of the Indonesian government’s new customary forest regulations, the Paser Government officially acknowledged the Mului community as an indigenous group and recognized their rights to manage their forest. Now that the Mului community has tenure over this forest, it is relatively safe from deforestation for mining or plantations. The main risks are from poaching, illegal logging and forest fire.
The Mului community have identified many vulnerable, near-threatened and critically endangered plants and wildlife within the Mului forest, including the Proboscis monkey, Bornean gibbon, yellow muntjac and black hornbill.
Along with the local NGO Padi, the Mului community will implement three programs together: Government engagement to secure support and contribution from the government for Mului forest conservation. Forest protecti
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