Mining areas with little media attention
Some places have a lot of mining activity but appear in few news articles. This page lists the kabupaten and kota where the gap between activity and media attention is largest, so that journalists, researchers and residents know where reporting is thin.
How we measure it
- Activity: the permit area in the kabupaten (or, where available, the mining footprint seen by satellite), the number of permits and the Eco Watch alerts in the period.
- Media attention: the number of distinct news articles linked to the kabupaten, to one of its permits or tagged with it in the same period.
- Both are scaled from 0 to 1 on a logarithmic scale. The index is activity × (1 − media attention): high when there is much activity and little coverage.
- The index describes coverage only. Little media attention can have many causes (distance, language, few local outlets) and is not a finding about anyone.
Top kabupaten and kota
| # | Kabupaten / kota | Index | Permits | Activity | Alerts | Articles | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabupaten Tanah Laut | 0.85very little media attention | 42 | 10,508 ha | 8 | 0 | Footprint |
| 2 | Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur | 0.85very little media attention | 54 | 4,453 ha | 7 | 0 | Footprint |
| 3 | Kabupaten Tapin | 0.81very little media attention | 11 | 4,416 ha | 9 | 0 | Footprint |
| 4 | Kabupaten Sukamara | 0.81very little media attention | 37 | 111,294 ha | 8 | 0 | Permit area |
| 5 | Kabupaten Gunung Mas | 0.79very little media attention | 30 | 58,850 ha | 3 | 0 | Footprint |
| 6 | Kabupaten Banjar | 0.77very little media attention | 35 | 3,353 ha | 3 | 0 | Footprint |
| 7 | Kabupaten Lahat | 0.77very little media attention | 45 | 4,326 ha | 3 | 0 | Footprint |
| 8 | Kabupaten Kutai Barat | 0.77very little media attention | 57 | 8,317 ha | 1 | 0 | Footprint |
| 9 | Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat | 0.74very little media attention | 56 | 2,500 ha | 2 | 0 | Footprint |
| 10 | Kabupaten Serang | 0.73very little media attention | 60 | 7,440 ha | 14 | 0 | Permit area |
| 11 | Kabupaten Landak | 0.72very little media attention | 36 | 1,809 ha | 2 | 0 | Footprint |
| 12 | Kabupaten Barito Timur | 0.71very little media attention | 68 | 1,534 ha | 2 | 0 | Footprint |
| 13 | Kabupaten Katingan | 0.71very little media attention | 14 | 1,533 ha | 3 | 0 | Footprint |
| 14 | Kabupaten Balangan | 0.70very little media attention | 14 | 4,562 ha | 1 | 0 | Footprint |
| 15 | Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan | 0.70very little media attention | 6 | 11,465 ha | 18 | 0 | Permit area |
| 16 | Kabupaten Pulau Taliabu | 0.69very little media attention | 22 | 222,314 ha | 0 | 0 | Permit area |
| 17 | Kabupaten Kolaka Utara | 0.68very little media attention | 55 | 40,032 ha | 1 | 0 | Permit area |
| 18 | Kabupaten Malinau | 0.67very little media attention | 11 | 2,164 ha | 1 | 0 | Footprint |
| 19 | Kabupaten Majalengka | 0.67very little media attention | 7 | 23,410 ha | 6 | 0 | Permit area |
| 20 | Kabupaten Kepulauan Sula | 0.67very little media attention | 11 | 87,146 ha | 1 | 0 | Permit area |
| 21 | Kabupaten Luwu Timur | 0.65very little media attention | 70 | 3,147 ha | 1 | 0 | Footprint |
| 22 | Kabupaten Sintang | 0.65very little media attention | 49 | 7,781 ha | 4 | 1 | Footprint |
| 23 | Kota Prabumulih | 0.65very little media attention | 3 | 10,213 ha | 11 | 0 | Permit area |
| 24 | Kabupaten Seruyan | 0.64very little media attention | 47 | 652 ha | 1 | 0 | Footprint |
| 25 | Kabupaten Trenggalek | 0.63very little media attention | 32 | 13,128 ha | 2 | 0 | Permit area |
| 26 | Kabupaten Luwu Utara | 0.62very little media attention | 30 | 19,749 ha | 1 | 0 | Permit area |
| 27 | Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara | 0.62very little media attention | 27 | 1,124 ha | 0 | 0 | Footprint |
| 28 | Kabupaten Bone | 0.62very little media attention | 60 | 27,886 ha | 0 | 0 | Permit area |
| 29 | Kabupaten Kediri | 0.62very little media attention | 47 | 1,540 ha | 9 | 0 | Permit area |
| 30 | Kabupaten Murung Raya | 0.61very little media attention | 129 | 4,162 ha | 1 | 1 | Footprint |
Period: last 12 months · computed 19 October 2026