Request for HGU information to the Ministry of ATR/BPN The Application for Information submitted by FWI on September 16, 2015, with detailed information requested is the Business Rights Document (HGU) for plantations in Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and North Kalimantan. Because there was no response from the Ministry of ATR / BPN, on October 5, 2015,…
Forest Management Unit (FMU) is the spearhead of forest management at the site level in the Republic of Indonesia. Conceptually, the presence of FMU replaces the portion of forest management from forest administrator to forest manager. Thus, it is expected to be able to solve the problems that have been collided among actors (society, country, company). For example, the overlapping…
SPATIAL INFORMATION ALTERNATIVES “an urge to be more disclosed” Cultivation Rights Title is one among legal protections granted by the state for a piece of land given to parties, either individually or collectively, and / or a legal entity. State authority in distributing HGU was part of constitutional mandate in regards of regulating and governing land affairs, which in turn will bring…
Jakarta, September 30th 2019. Deforestation is no longer a taboo word in Indonesia’s forest management. It often silted and covered under the banner of “development” interest. The continued loosing of forest in some area has been proved to have major impact on local community life sustainability, especially those who live in or around the forest. However, the State often neglects…
Buka Informasi HGU
The clash between the indigenous people of Muara Tae and BPN Kaltim regarding the HGU of two palm oil plantation companies operating in the Muara Tae Customary Area, namely PT. Munte Waniq Jaya Perkasa (MWJP) and PT. Borneo Surya Mining Jaya (BSMJ) is over. Finally, BPN agreed to submit HGU documents for the two subsidiaries of the large First Resources…
“There is a Public Information Law that obliges the government institutions to open all information that is not the state’s secret. Right to Cultivate is not the state’s secret—no Right to Cultivate to be concealed by the government. You have the right to request the data. If the government refuses it, they can be put on trial with adjudication to…
Press Release Information Dispute between National Land Agency Regional Office of East Kalimantan and Indigenous People of Muara Tae is getting protracted. Information dispute related Right to Cultivate of two palm oil plantation companies operated in Traditional Territory of Muara Tae, PT. Borneo Surya Mining Jaya and PT. Munte Wniq Jaya Perkasa. The Right to Cultivate permit of two companies…
Having The Government Been Neglected The Supreme Court Decision for more than a year, Civil Society Coallition Grant ATR/BPN Intransparent Institution Award Trophy *** Jakarta, August 20th 2018. The Civil Society Coalition for Information Disclosure awarded the most closed state institution trophy to the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning / National Land Agency (Kementerian ATR /…
Jakarta, May 28, 2018. Today, Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) held a peaceful action urging the minister Sofyan Djalil to obey the Supreme Court’s decision. In this action, FWI submitted the support of 53 thousand netizen signatures raised through Change.org petition to open the Information of Right to Cultivate for palm oil plantations to the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National…
Deforestation and Social Conflict Continues to Occur, Government Must Strengthen the Sustainable Forest Management System Jakarta, 28 February 2018. FWI explained that in three periods, 718.000 hectares of natural forests had vanished in North Sumatra, East Kalimantan, and North Maluku. Every hour, 42 football-field-sized natural forests have vanished in three provinces. JPIK study of 296 IUIPHHK-HA and HT Sustainable Production…
Legal Review Information Request that is Not Sincere and in a Good Faith (Vexatious Request) By: Dessy Eko Prayitno[1] PRELIMINARY Request for Information Dispute The data of information disputes from the Central Information Commission (KIP) shows that from 2010 until 2017, KIP has received 2724 requests of information dispute resolution. Therefore, from 2724 requests, it was just 901 information disputes…
