For 16 years, the discussion of the Indigenous Peoples Bill (RUU MA) has faced a deadlock, triggering an increase in agrarian conflicts, criminalization, and the seizure of indigenous territories due to industrial expansion and development projects. The absence of this legal framework led to 135 cases of land grabbing covering 3.8 million hectares and resulted in 162 indigenous citizens becoming victims of violence in 2025, while also triggering fatal ecological disasters due to deforestation, such as those in Sumatra. Even though Indigenous Peoples play a strategic role in disaster mitigation through local wisdom and sustainable regional management, the constitutional mandate.....
Dion Dharmarini is a member of Kaoem Telapak in Bogor, West Java. Nicknamed Dion, she began her career as a Finance Staff in Telapak in 1997, then she became the Finance Mananger in Kaoem Telapak from 2016 to 2019......
Muhammad Zainuri Hasyim, also known as Zain, is a Kaoem Telapak member in Bogor, West Java. He was a former President of Kaoem Telapak in 2016 and is now part of the organization's Advisors......
Ahmad SJA, also called Gus Among, is a member of Kaoem Telapak in East Kalimantan. He works for a number of sectors related to the environment and Indigenous Peoples......
To commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (16 HAKTP) campaign, FAMM Indonesia together with Kaoem Telapak held an event titled "FAMM Fest: Uniting Voice, Art, and Sense" in Ismail Marzuki Park on 10 Desember 2025 by presenting artists and intersectional issues across multiple topics......
The ecological disaster that struck Sumatra in late November and early December 2025 serves as a reflection of the state's failure to protect the people's living space......
Kaoem Telapak collaborated with civil society organizations and published a letter of warning to President Prabowo for the ecological disaster, great flood, and landslide in Aceh, North Sumatera, and West Sumatera whose status is not declared as a national disaster by the government yet......
Coinciding with the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, Kaoem Telapak and the Coalition Escorting Indigenous Peoples Bill created a public discussion in Maluku Regency to receive inputs and support for the Indigenous Peoples Bill over the past 15 years......
Muhammad Sidik, known as Sidik, is a member of Kaoem Telapak in Lampung. He's actively involved in movements related to forest conservation and observation across Lampung......
Deep in the rural Central Halmahera region, morning in Kulo Village began with the sound of birds chirping and farmers hacking their farming tools at the farm. On the edge of Akejira River, housewives washed their clothes & chatted with each other and children ran around at the house yard or swam on the clear water, all while the morning breeze brought home the fragrance of fresh soil and leaves......
