1.8 Million Hectare of Palm Oil in Forest Area Called Unlicensed
The non-governmental organization Kehati Foundation stated that 1.8 million hectares of oil palm plantations in forest areas throughout Indonesia do not have permits.
Director of the Sustainable Palm Oil Program at the Kehati Foundation, Irgan Bakhtiar, said that as of 2020, his party recorded a total of 3.4 million hectares of oil palm plantations located in forest areas. Of this amount, 1.6 million hectares are owned by large corporations and have permits obtained from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK). "1.8 million [hectare] do not have any rights (unlicensed), cannot apply for release," said Bakhtiar in a hearing before Commission IV in the DPR/MPR complex. small corporations or individuals who do not have the resources, skills or education to apply for a plantation permit for their business.. "They have no power, just waiting to be evicted, whether to be arrested, to be rewarded with land release, to be processed by social forestry, or it could be there is an administrative fine," he added.
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