Indigenous peoples and their local knowledge are working to save millions of hectares of forests in Indonesia in the form of indigenous forests.

For the Dayak Kuatantn in Pendaun village, West Kalimantan, 'Torunth' or the forest is their heritage.

Through deliberations on their customs, the Pendaun community sets aside some areas of forests as 'Tanah Colap' or 'cold ground' - sacred forest.

In Ngata Toro, Central Sulawesi, the Lore Lindu national park was declared in 1992. The Toro community's existence cannot be separated from the national park. The Toro indigenous peoples have guarded and preserved their ancestral forest which has existed long before the national park came into being. Through their customary institutions and regulations, the Toro indigenous peoples have lived in harmony with their forests, which now fall within the boundaries of the Lore Lindu national park.