TY - CHAP
T1 - Environmental and societal challenges in Indonesia
T2 - an evaluation of laws, policies, and natural resources governance
AU - Nurhidayah, Laely
AU - Alam, Shawkat
AU - Suntoro, Agus
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Indonesia is rich in natural resources, but its keen focus on economic advancement has triggered environmental and societal issues, including climate change, biodiversity decline, habitat loss, flooding, and Indigenous land conflicts. In accordance with its aim of achieving the Indonesia 2045 vision, the government has introduced policies to attract businesses and investors, notably enacting the Omnibus Law (Law Number 11/2020) and the revised Mineral and Coal Mining Law, which have relaxed environmental protections. Consequently, there are concerns over escalating deforestation, intensification of mining, infrastructure projects under the national strategic initiative, and the potential spread of oil palm plantations to cover 15 million hectares. This chapter examines the laws, governance, and policies driving this development trajectory, emphasizing the government’s mining policies and their social and environmental ramifications. A qualitative method is used, encompassing policy analysis, literature scrutiny, and insights from East Kalimantan mining case studies, to underscore the pressing need for reform in natural resource management.
AB - Indonesia is rich in natural resources, but its keen focus on economic advancement has triggered environmental and societal issues, including climate change, biodiversity decline, habitat loss, flooding, and Indigenous land conflicts. In accordance with its aim of achieving the Indonesia 2045 vision, the government has introduced policies to attract businesses and investors, notably enacting the Omnibus Law (Law Number 11/2020) and the revised Mineral and Coal Mining Law, which have relaxed environmental protections. Consequently, there are concerns over escalating deforestation, intensification of mining, infrastructure projects under the national strategic initiative, and the potential spread of oil palm plantations to cover 15 million hectares. This chapter examines the laws, governance, and policies driving this development trajectory, emphasizing the government’s mining policies and their social and environmental ramifications. A qualitative method is used, encompassing policy analysis, literature scrutiny, and insights from East Kalimantan mining case studies, to underscore the pressing need for reform in natural resource management.
KW - Ecological and social challenges
KW - Environmental issues
KW - Governance
KW - Indonesia
KW - Laws and policies
KW - Mining policies
KW - Natural resources
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105014400668&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-96-6913-4_2
DO - 10.1007/978-981-96-6913-4_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105014400668
SN - 9789819669127
T3 - Sustainable Development Goals Series
SP - 15
EP - 25
BT - Approaching natural resources for sustainable development in Indonesia
A2 - Warsilah, Henny
A2 - Purnomo, Agus Heri
PB - Springer, Springer Nature
CY - Singapore
ER -