Kinipan: Grassroots' Voices tells the story of the struggle of the Dayak people in Central Kalimantan (Kalteng), particularly the Dayak Tomun community in Kinipan village, Batang Kawa Sub-district, Lamandau District.
This book also tells the story of several areas in Central Kalimantan that are experiencing conflicts and issues similar to those in Kinipan. Kinipan's struggle then spread to other places.
The Kinipan people have been facing land conflicts with oil palm plantation companies for years, as these companies have been clearing their forests and customary territories without permission. This conflict impacts every aspect of their lives. Similar issues also occur in other indigenous communities in Central Kalimantan. They are also struggling for their right to life and access to nature.
This book seeks to present voices from grassroots communities. The facts and realities are gathered by the author, who is also a journalist.
This book hopefully helps foster awareness and understanding of these voices from below, which have often been difficult to hear.
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This book tells the highest cultural excellence not only in language, but also in the way indigenous peoples communicate with nature, with the plants in the forest, when hunting wild boar, and even planting rice in the fields. Nature then responds with the sounds of crickets at night, durian fruit falling to the ground as it ripens, and even the strike of lightning striking a tree. Nature makes a sound; it is not silent. It is also alive, not an inanimate object that can be controlled at will by humans.
The same is true of the Kinipan Forest. This book is the second in a series, following Kinipan: Grassroots' Voices. It continues to highlight the struggle of the Kinipan people, not only in protecting the forest but also in gaining recognition from the state as a Customary Law Community in their efforts to obtain the right to manage their forest and customary territory.
In collaboration with Save Our Borneo and the Women's Earth Alliance (WEA) Indonesia, the author hopes that not only the beauty of the Kinipan Forest's hum can be heard, but also that the problems it faces can be resolved quickly.
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"The landlords are like ghosts. Their presence is threatening and sometimes feared. They are invisible, but they can be felt."
In Central Kalimantan (Kalteng), there are approximately 2 million hectares of oil palm plantations. East Kotawaringin and Seruyan Districts are the two districts with the largest oil palm plantations in Central Kalimantan. In 2022, there were 577,000 hectares of oil palm plantations in East Kotawaringin and 337,000 hectares in Seruyan. Are these vast oil palm plantations and the presence of plantation owners enough to guarantee prosperity in these two regencies?
So why do agrarian conflicts persist? The government has proposed a solution through the formation of the Forest Area Enforcement Task Force (Satgas PKH).
Who is the real Ghost of the Landlords?
The book "Ghost of the Landlords" was written by two journalists who embody the principles of journalism. Therefore, this book is not intended to be biased towards any particular party, but rather seeks to present facts from various perspectives and the realities on the ground.