D espite the government’s commitment to recognize 1.4 million hectares of new indigenous forest areas between 2025 and 2029, announced ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) this month, the target remains far from sufficient, according to an expert.
Farah Sofa, program officer at the Ford Foundation, said that the Ancestral Domain Registration Agency (BRWA) has already mapped over 30.1 million ha of indigenous territories nationwide. Yet, as of late 2025, the government has formally recognized only 345,257 ha.
According to her, this vast recognition gap leaves extensive, carbon-rich lands vulnerable to exploitation and deforestation.
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