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        "id": 1659263,
        "msgid": "environment-ministry-sanctions-67-companies-linked-to-sumatra-floods-1775627486",
        "date": "2026-04-06 19:38:17",
        "title": "Environment Ministry sanctions 67 companies linked to Sumatra floods",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLH) has imposed administrative sanctions on 67 companies in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra for their role in exacerbating last year's floods through activities in mining, palm oil plantations, and forest utilisation, affecting 1.8 million hectares of land. Of 175 verified companies, 22 have been ordered to conduct environmental audits, with 45 more in process, while some cases are escalated to provincial authorities or criminal proceedings. The ministry has also conducted rapid environmental assessments identifying spatial planning gaps and provided guidelines for post-disaster housing to prevent future occurrences.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLH) has\nissued administrative sanctions to 67 companies in three provinces\naffected by last year\u2019s floods, as these entities were one of the\nfactors contributing to the hydrometeorological disaster in the\nregion.<\/p>\n<p>In a working meeting with Commission XII of the House of\nRepresentatives (DPR RI) in Jakarta on Monday, Minister of Environment\nand Forestry (LH)\/Head of the Environment Control Agency (BPLH) Hanif\nFaisol Nurofiq stated that KLH\/BPLH has verified 175 companies in Aceh,\nNorth Sumatra, and West Sumatra operating in the mining, palm oil\nplantation, and forest business permit (PBPH) sectors in production\nforests, which are indicated to have cleared 1,805,615 hectares (ha) of\nland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the issuance of administrative sanctions to subsequent criminal\nprocesses, and some environmental approval processes in the provinces we\nhave delegated to the provinces. Some are returned to forestry, and out\nof the 175, two are not operating,\u201d said Hanif.<\/p>\n<p>From that number, administrative sanctions in the form of government\ncoercion to conduct environmental audits have been issued to 22 business\nunits, and 45 are still in the issuance process. A total of 67 companies\nreceived sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>On that occasion, he also conveyed that they have conducted a rapid\nenvironmental study related to the spatial and regional planning drafts\nof the three flood-affected provinces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPost-disaster housing has been prepared in detail; we provide\ndetailed spatial directions per sub-district. Locations that should be\navoided for permanent housing construction and locations that still have\ncarrying capacity for rapid housing construction,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>From that study, they found discrepancies between the strategic\nenvironmental assessment (KLHS) and the spatial and regional planning,\nwhich caused the severity of the hydrometeorological disaster\nimpacts.<\/p>\n<p>The study itself has been submitted to relevant parties to prevent\nsimilar flood disasters from recurring.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/environment-ministry-sanctions-67-companies-linked-to-sumatra-floods-1775627486",
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