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Case Study 6: Mimika, PT Prima Sarana Graha Issues of potential concern: • • • •
Exploiting loophole in Oil Palm Moratorium Violation of forest release regulations Abandoned concession Violation of and changes to Forest Moratorium
On 30 August 2019, nearly one year after the Oil Palm Moratorium came into force, Siti Nurbaya’s ministry released 21,082 ha of forest estate in Mimika Regency to PT Prima Sarana Graha (PT PSG) for an oil palm plantation, for which the company had been issued a location permit in 2012. The same decree also released 52 ha for sports facilities in the same area.400 PT PSG was in possession of an inprinciple approval for forest release, which means that a company can apply for a forest release decree once all conditions have been met. This approval had been issued by Zulkifli Hasan on 25 September 2014 – during his last week as minister, when he issued a large number of permits, decrees and approvals throughout Indonesia, including for many of the companies featured in this report.
PT PSG Forest Estate Map
400 Permit (map) reference: SK636/Menlhk/Setjen/Pla.2/8/2019. This concession is shown on maps of areas released from the forest estate on the MoEF WebGIS service, http://geoportal.menlhk.go.id/arcgis/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=0387032be5f648f99f8be9ba30f4d2ca.
