The status of customary forests has been recognized by the state as rights forests according to the Constitutional Court (MK) decision number 35/2012.2 However, this recognition does not immediately reduce the deforestation rate of customary forests which has reached 24.5 million hectares of the total 55.5 million hectares estimated as customary forest areas (AMAN, 2013) and the number of poor people living around or in forest areas is 48.8 million people, with the majority being indigenous people (Indradi, 2007).
So far, there has been no mobilization of domestic funding sources, either at the national or local scale, allocated to meet the socio-economic and ecological needs of indigenous communities.
Customary forest (rimbo adat in local language) of the Datuk Sinaro Putih Indigenous Community in
Bungo Regency, was formed due to the concerns of several people from within the indigenous community
about the preservation of forests in their customary areas. Some of these people initially
These are encroachers on customary forests from the Datuk Sinaro Putih Indigenous Community who have agreed to stop logging. They have agreed to implement a set of customary rules and philosophies regarding the use and management of customary forests. The use of forests and other natural resources must be aimed at supporting the survival and livelihoods of their children and future generations.
