As of 2024, The Majority of Indonesian Forests Designated as Mining Areas are Located in Kalimantan

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According to the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut), the cumulative area of approved use of Indonesian forest areas for production operations (mining) reached 636.39 thousand hectares by 2024.

Cumulative Area of Forest Area Use Approvals for Mining Production Operations in Indonesia by Province (2024)

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Cumulative Area of Forest Area Use Approvals for Mining Production Operations in Indonesia by Province (2024)

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According to the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut), the cumulative area approved for the use of Indonesia's forest areas for mining production operations as of 2024 reached 636.39 thousand hectares (ha).

The use of forest areas for mining is regulated under Law Number 41 of 1999. Other designated uses are for conservation and protection.

In that regulation, forest areas are defined as specific regions designated and/or established by the government to be maintained as permanent forests.

As of 2024, the forest areas approved for mining production operations are predominantly located on Kalimantan Island, accounting for 64.27% of the national total.

By province, the largest forest area approved for mining production is in East Kalimantan, reaching 203.90 thousand ha or 32.04% of the national total.

Here are the 10 provinces with the largest cumulative area approved for the use of forest areas for mining production operations in Indonesia up to 2024:

East Kalimantan: 203,904.08 ha
Central Kalimantan: 123,387.27 ha
South Kalimantan: 61,917.33 ha
Southeast Sulawesi: 49,853.25 ha
North Maluku: 34,813.64 ha
South Sumatra: 32,797.83 ha
Central Sulawesi: 27,382.98 ha
South Sulawesi: 16,131.96 ha
North Kalimantan: 11,370.55 ha
Riau: 10,306.19 ha

In the Kemenhut report, up to 2024, there are six provinces with the description "data not identified/no mining areas". The six provinces in question are:

Jakarta
Special Region of Yogyakarta
Bali
South Papua
Central Papua
Highland Papua.

Editor : Erlina Fury Santika

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