Government Working Meeting: President Prabowo Evaluates and Revokes Hundreds of Problematic Mining Permits in Forest Areas

JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bahlil Lahadalia, to carry out a thorough evaluation of mining business permits (IUP) situated in protected forest areas, conservation forests, national parks, and other forest regions. The instruction was delivered by the President during his briefing at the Government Working Meeting with members of the Red and White Cabinet, all Echelon I officials from ministries and agencies, as well as CEOs of state-owned enterprises, at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta on Wednesday, 8 April 2026.