Revision of Mineral and Coal Mining Law and The Future of Mining Governance

The Bill of Law Amendment No.4/2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining (RUU Minerba) had been proposed almost 5 years ago, on February 02, 2015, within the National Legislation Program…

Revision on Mineral and Coal Mining Law: Industry and Other Stakeholder Perspectives

Indonesian Parliament plenary session for the 2019-2024 term was held in mid-December 2019. They agreed to the draft of Law Amendment No/4/2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining (Minerba…

Environmental Economic Valuation in Public Policy

The environment is an essential aspect of sustainable development. However, in the public policymaking process, the environment often ignored. The environmental issue is often…

Beneficial Ownership Disclosure to Prevent Conflict of Interest and Monopoly Practices

Natural resources sector is prone to conflict of interest and monopolistic practices. Information disclosure regarding the beneficial ownership (BO) can be used as a tool to map…

Understanding and Promoting Beneficial Ownership Data Transparency in the Extractive Sector

Panama Papers in 2016 revealed names of public officials and world leaders, including 1038 Indonesian taxpayers. It clearly  showed that the corporation could be used as a tool…

PWYP Indonesia Calls for Stronger Supervision and Law Enforcement in the Implementation of Reclamation and Post-Mining

Coordination and Supervision of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in mineral and coal sector (known as Korsup Minerba KPK) throughout 2014-2018 has led to revocation and…

Ecological-based Provincial Fiscal Transfer for Forest Conservation

9.39 million hectares of Indonesian forest is now endangered. In maintaining its existence, various initiatives are needed, one of them is the Ecological based Provincial Fiscal…

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Needs to Seriously Claim Environmental Losses and Corporate Crimes from the Nur Alam Case

The Nur Alam case's prosecution shows that the Corruption Eradication Commission is still not serious in dealing with corruption cases that cause environmental damage. From the…

5,000 Mining Companies in Arrears for Reclamation Deposits

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Publish What You Pay Indonesia urges the government to immediately take action against mining companies that refuse to deposit the mine reclamation and…