Legal challenge against 135km road through customary forest rejected by Jayapura PTUN

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Court ruling enables infrastructure project violating indigenous rights and environmental protections. | The court's rejection of the legal challenge against the road project constitutes a direct violation of indigenous land rights and environmental protections. It undermines climate action (SDG 13), life on land (SDG 15), and exacerbates inequalities (SDG 10) by prioritizing infrastructure over customary rights. The decision sets a harmful precedent for indigenous sovereignty and ecological pre