Indonesia
Law 32/2009 Environmental Protection and Management
Legislative
In practice this means that environmental protection and management should be integrated into all efforts to preserve the functioning of the environment, which includes the development of environmental monitoring programmes and development project impact evaluations.It concerns ecosystem integrity (such as forest ecosystems, which is why the legislation is relevant to REDD+) but also the release of toxic materials into the environment.
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Related litigation cases
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Minister of Environment v. PT Kalista Alam
On November 8, 2012, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment (the MoEF) filed a tort-based lawsuit against a corporation, PT Kalista Alam, for damage caused by land clearing. The lawsuit is based on Articles 88 Environmental Protection and Management Act (the 2009 EPMA) and article 1365 of Indones...
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Bumi Mekar Hijau
On February 3, 2015, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the MoEF) filed a tort-based lawsuit against PT Bumi Mekar Hijau for intentionally causing fires to the peatlands. The MoEF argued that the defendant had intentionally burn the peatlands area to clear the land for timber pl...
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa
On March 23, 2015, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the MoEF) sued a company of palm oil plantation, namely PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa, for fires occurring covering an area of 1000 hectares. The MoEF argued that the defendant had failed to comply with obligations of having preventi...
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Palmina Utama
On December 14th, 2016, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the MoEF) sued a palm oil plantation for fires occurring inside the PT Palmina Utama controlled area. The MoEF claimed that the defendant intentionally set up fires to clear it for the purpose of making it as the new cro...
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Arjuna Utama Sawit
On December 31st, 2018, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the MoEF) filed a tort-based lawsuit against a palm oil plantation company, PT Arjuna Utama Sawit. The plaintiff argued that fires occurred inside the defendant’s concessions area and caused damages to peatlands and ecos...
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Asia Palem Lestari
On September 09th, 2019, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the MoEF) filed a tort-based lawsuit against a corporation PT Asia Palem Lestari had intentionally set fires to clear the peatland for palm oil plantation. Furthermore, the MoEF also argued that defendant’s fires preven...
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Rambang Agro Jaya
On August 1st, 2019, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the MoEF) filed a tort-based lawsuit against a corporation PT Rambang Agro Jaya for damages caused by fires in the peatlands. The MoEF argued that PT Rambang Agro Jaya drained the peatlands for the purpose of palm plantatio...
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Minister of Environment v. PT Selatnasik Indokwarsa and PT Simpang Pesak Indokwarsa
On April 3, 2009, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment (MoE) filed a tort-based lawsuit against two corporations, PT Selatnasik Indokwarsa and PT Simpang Pesak, for damage caused by illegal mining activities. These activities include clearing of protected forests for road access to mining locat...
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Merbau Pelelawan Lestari
On September 2013, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) filed a tort-based lawsuit against a corporation, PT Merbau Pelelawan Lestari, for the release of GHGs emissions. The plaintiffs argued that the defendant's illegal logging had impaired the forest’s carbon sink capacity...
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Yayasan Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia v. Governor of Bali and others
In 2012, an environmental organization, Wahana Lingkungan Hidup, filed a lawsuit against the Governor of Bali for issuing a permit to establish tourist accommodation facilities in a mangrove ecosystem area, which is included in a forest park area (Taman Hutan Raya) which is supposed to be exclude...
