10 Regencies with the Largest Forest Cover within Oil Palm Concessions

The allocation of land for palm oil plantations in Indonesia remains complex and overlapping. Therefore, Presidential Instruction No. 8 of 2018 on the palm oil moratorium is crucial to implement. Areas designated as palm oil concessions still contain significant remaining forest cover that must be saved. Currently, this remaining forest cover totals 3.2 million hectares.

Ten districts with the largest areas of forest cover within palm oil concessions are listed below, ranked from smallest to largest: Mappi Regency, Mimika Regency, Jayapura Regency, Bulungan Regency, Teluk Bintuni Regency, Mahakam Ulu Regency, Boven Digoel Regency, Berau Regency, Mappi and Boven Digoel Regencies, and Merauke Regency.

Overall, 46% of the remaining forest cover, or total land area, contributed by these districts is located in East Kalimantan, Papua, and West Papua Provinces. However, Papua dominates, with the largest area of remaining forest cover within palm oil concessions found in Merauke Regency at 398,000 hectares. The smallest area is in Mappi Regency at 94,000 hectares.