{
  "id": 2658366,
  "title": "‘This is our home’: The women fighting a company’s land claim on Indonesia’s Pari Island",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/this-is-our-home-the-women-fighting-a-companys-land-claim-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-pari-island-women-jakarta-environment-advocacy-6332926"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pari Island, located in Jakarta’s Thousand Islands regency, is the subject of a prolonged land dispute between local residents and PT Bumi Pari Asri, a company claiming to own about 90% of the island. The island, which is just 1.5 meters above sea level, is home to 60-year-old Wina Sabenah, a grandmother and leader of the Pari Island Women’s Group. The group, established in 2017, is dedicated to protecting their home from corporate encroachment by engaging in ecological activities such as mangrove planting and beach cleaning. The island lies within Indonesia’s Thousand Islands, and rising sea levels due to climate change threaten to submerge most of it by 2050. In 2014, PT Bumi Pari Asri issued land ownership certificates and right-to-build permits on the island, leading to a legal challenge from the residents and rights groups. The Swiss court recently agreed to hear a case filed by Asmania, the founder of the Pari Island Women’s Group, against Holcim, a global cement giant, seeking financial compensation for climate-related loss and reduced emissions. However, the dispute over land ownership remains unresolved, with PT Bumi Pari Asri claiming to own 90% of the island and the women's group asserting that they have the right to protect and develop the land.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}