{"id":5221,"date":"2026-05-12T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/?p=5221"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:08:37","slug":"komunitas-adat-watutau-perkuat-perlindungan-wilayah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/2026\/05\/12\/komunitas-adat-watutau-perkuat-perlindungan-wilayah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Watutau Indigenous Community Strengthens Regional Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

POSO,BULLETIN.ID<\/a>\u00a0The To Pekurehua Wanua Watutau Indigenous Community, Lore Peore District, Poso Regency, has developed a joint work program as a step to strengthen the protection of customary territories and community independence amidst pressure from land claims and threats to the living space of indigenous communities.<\/p>\n

The work program was developed through a workshop held on May 7\u20138, 2026, at Baruga Village in Watutau. The workshop was facilitated by the Indonesian Social Forestry Management Association (AP2SI) of Central Sulawesi in collaboration with the Bumi Hijau Khatulistiwa Foundation (BIJAK), the Central Sulawesi Participatory Mapping Service Center (SLPP), and the People's Education Foundation (YPR).<\/p>\n

The workshop became a space for consolidating indigenous communities to formulate the direction of the community's struggle, starting from strengthening customary institutions, protecting territories and natural resources, to developing an economy based on local wisdom.<\/p>\n

The event was attended by traditional institutions, village governments, community leaders, women, youth, and civil society organizations. Over two days, participants mapped the potential and challenges faced by indigenous communities in maintaining their living spaces.<\/p>\n

Watutau Indigenous Community Leader Christian Toibo said the workshop was not merely about compiling a list of activities, but also about strengthening the direction of the indigenous community's struggle.<\/p>\n

\u201c"This is a shared space to safeguard the territory, identity, and future of the Watutau indigenous community," he said.<\/p>\n

The chairman of the Central Sulawesi SLPP, Agus M. Suleman, highlighted the pressure faced by the Watutau indigenous community due to territorial claims from a number of parties.<\/p>\n

He explained that geographically, the Watutau customary area is squeezed by the Land Bank Agency's claim to the east, while on the west side it borders the Lore Lindu National Park area.<\/p>\n

\u201c"Amidst this situation, the community continues to maintain regional management practices based on customary values, mutual cooperation, and sustainability. Therefore, this struggle must be strengthened with sound planning and organization," he said.<\/p>\n

In the workshop, participants developed a shared vision and short-, medium-, and long-term work plans. Topics discussed included strengthening customary institutions, protecting customary territories, developing community enterprises, and enhancing the roles of women and youth in community governance.<\/p>\n

At the end of the activity, all participants signed a joint commitment to protect customary areas and the sustainability of natural resources.<\/p>\n

The Head of the Central Sulawesi AP2SI Provincial Management Board, Bonar Adrian Barau, said the workshop was also part of efforts to encourage recognition and protection of the Wanua Watutau customary law community by the regional government.<\/p>\n

According to him, strengthening community organizations, documenting customary areas, and preparing participatory work agendas are important steps to fulfill the requirements for recognition of customary law communities according to the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 52 of 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201c"We want to ensure that all elements of the recognition of indigenous peoples are well prepared so that they provide a strong basis for the government to immediately establish recognition and protection for the Watutau indigenous people," he said.<\/p>\n

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POSO,BULLETIN.ID\u00a0Komunitas Adat To Pekurehua Wanua Watutau, Kecamatan Lore Peore, Kabupaten Poso, menyusun program kerja bersama sebagai langkah memperkuat perlindungan wilayah adat dan kemandirian komunitas di tengah tekanan klaim lahan dan ancaman terhadap ruang hidup masyarakat adat. Penyusunan program kerja tersebut dilakukan melalui lokakarya yang berlangsung pada 7\u20138 Mei 2026 di Baruga Desa Watutau. Kegiatan difasilitasi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216366695,"featured_media":5196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[814849,814848],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-informasi","category-publikasi"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ap2si.id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-08-at-15.21.07.jpeg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdFNnz-1md","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216366695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5224,"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5221\/revisions\/5224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ap2si.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}