‘This is our home’: The women fighting a company’s land claim on Indonesia’s Pari Island
Women on Pari Island in Indonesia are actively resisting a land claim by a private firm, PT Bumi Pari Asri, which asserts ownership over 90 percent of the island. The local women's group is working to preserve the environment and secure the community's right to remain on their ancestral land.
Why it matters
The dispute underscores the ongoing global tension between private land development and the rights of local communities to maintain their homes and environment.
Pari Island is at the centre of a decade-long land dispute which has seen local residents attempting to defend their community land rights against PT Bumi Pari Asri which says it owns about 90 per cent of the island via freehold certificates and right-to-build permits.
Members of Pari Island Women's Group monitor mangrove saplings they planted a few months earlier in shallow coastal waters on Pari Island, on Aug 7, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Ridhwan Siregar)
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