Jakarta Administrative Court Backs Transparency on Revocation Decrees for Raja Ampat Mining Permits
Greenpeace Indonesia has welcomed the ruling by the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN), which rejected an objection filed by the Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) seeking to withhold the decrees revoking the mining business permits of four nickel mining companies in Raja Ampat. The PTUN Jakarta ruling of 14 September 2026 upheld an earlier decision by the Central Information Commission stating that the permit revocation documents and the details of their implementation stages constitute information open to the public.
Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Campaigner Anggi Putra Prayoga said the ruling offered a rare piece of good news amid the opacity surrounding the revocation decrees for the four nickel mining business permits (IUP) in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua. “The government must stop evading its obligation to be transparent: publish the revocation decrees immediately, explain the stages of their implementation, and explain how the companies will be held responsible for restoring the environment already damaged by nickel mining on the small islands,” Anggi said in a written statement on Monday, 14 September 2026.
He said Greenpeace Indonesia had spent nearly a year searching for the official revocation decrees for the four nickel IUPs in Raja Ampat. The four permit-holding companies are PT Anugerah Surya Pratama, PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining, PT Mulia Raymond Perkasa, and PT Nurham.
Since Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia announced the revocation of the four IUPs in June last year, no official government document has been publicly accessible to confirm how the decision has been carried out. Anggi said Greenpeace Indonesia first submitted an information request to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in July 2025, roughly one month after public pressure mounted through the #SaveRajaAmpat campaign. The ministry’s reply stated that the revocation of IUPs falls under the authority of the Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry/BKPM.
“In that same month, Greenpeace wrote to BKPM, but the letter went unanswered, leading to a public information dispute before the Central Information Commission (KIP),” he said.
Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Campaign Team Leader Arie Rompas explained that the KIP dispute process ran from October 2025 to June 2026, specifically until 10 June 2026, when the commission’s panel read out its ruling granting part of Greenpeace’s claim, namely that the permit revocation documents together with the details of their implementation stages are information open to the public. The claim that was rejected concerned the disclosure of the companies’ owners’ personal data.
Arie said the ruling rejected BKPM’s earlier claim that the revocation decrees were confidential. Yet rather than act transparently and implement the decision, BKPM appealed by filing an objection with PTUN Jakarta. “The government’s conduct, opaque about these revocation decrees from the outset, is truly baffling. What exactly is being covered up if even the decrees are not published?” said Arie.
He added that a healthy business and investment climate also requires openness and legal certainty, while for the public, transparency is essential to ensure the accountability of both government and companies in addressing the nickel mining problems in Raja Ampat.
Greenpeace, he said, is urging full and permanent protection of Raja Ampat from destructive industrial activity, as well as law enforcement to protect small islands and conservation areas both on land and at sea. “The Raja Ampat archipelago is a vital ecosystem: its land and waters are the living space of indigenous peoples and local communities, and its waters hold the richest marine biodiversity in the world.”