areas of indigenous peoples, Presidential Decree No.85/2007 that paved the way for the JSDN should be withdrawn and replaced with the Geospatial Information Act No. 4/2011. This Geospatial Information Act states that people have the right to produce thematic maps or geospatial information. In this way, a customary area participatory map can be taken as a thematic map and thus becomes a vital reference in managing Indonesian forests. Another approach to getting indigenous peoples’ areas recognized at the national level is going through the Indigenous People and Community Conserved Territory and Area (ICCAs). These ICCAs are composed of IP organizations, communitybased organizations and civil organizations that support indigenous communities. They get support from the ICCA Consortium, an international association dedicated to promoting the appropriate recognition and support to ICCAs. During a 2013 workshop in East Kalimantan, the importance of winning legal recognition of the existence of indigenous peoples and their areas was reiterated. Thus, every requirement and procedure to obtain it must be secured. Such legal recognition is encouraged in the form of provincial government regulations, forest management certifications, village/kampong regulations and decision letters from the Ministry of Forestry. It was also agreed that participatory mapping/ documentation should be continued to accelerate recognition, especially on the issue of peoplebased natural resources. Meanwhile, efforts to strengthen areas managed by indigenous peoples in Indonesia have emerged 68 in the last decade in the political process of natural resources management. One of them is the AMAN initiative to encourage the development of regulation on IP management areas at the national and regional levels. At the national level, the Indonesian House of Representatives is preparing the draft Act on Recognition and Protection of IP Rights. The draft cannot be separated from the political efforts of IPs in the whole country to attain the constitutional recognition and protection that have not been provided by the government. Parallel efforts for regulation and recognition of indigenous peoples’ land rights are also happening at the regional level. Lebak, Kampar, Malinau Regency in North Kalimantan Province have taken initiatives to give recognition and protection to indigenous peoples. The Malinau Regency, for example, has issued a regional regulation to legalize IPs’ areas. Through the Malinau Regional House of Representatives, IPs Groups and AMAN’s initiatives, Regional Regulation No.10/2012 on Recognition and Protection of IPs Rights in Malinau Regency was issued at the end of 2012. The Regional Regulation contains: 1. the principle in recognizing and protecting IPs’ rights 2. instituting the position of IPs and their rights of origin 3. IPs’ rights over land, area and resources 4. rights in development, spirituality and culture, environment, autonomy, and rights to exercise their customary law and court Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)