Yayasan Masyarakat Kehutanan Lestari (YMKL)

Yayasan Masyarakat Kehutanan Lestari (YMKL) – the Foundation for Sustainable Forest Communities – is a legally registered non-profit organisation registered with the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights. Set up in 2017, YMKL is the initiative of a group of seasoned Indonesian indigenous rights activists seeking to complement the vigorous legal and political advocacy of the national indigenous rights movement. 

YMKL engages with specific communities facing direct threats to their human rights, especially their  rights to lands and forests, by helping them to address directly the challenges that they face on the ground.