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Mining permits and environmental impact in West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan (capital Pontianak) has 276 registered mining permits, mainly quartz sand, stone & sand. The mapped area opened and affected by mining covers 15,096 ha. In 2025, 148,913 ha of tree cover was lost. No environmental bulletins have been published for this province yet.

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Mining permits
276
active IUP/IUPK/IPR
Source: ESDM MODI / Geoportal ESDM ·
Affected area
15,096ha
land opened or damaged by mining
Source: Cheng et al. 2026 + Maus et al. 2022 ·
Forest loss
148,913ha
latest year (2025)
Source: Hansen/UMD Global Forest Change (v1.13) ·
Bulletins
0
published & reviewed
Source: ESMI ·

Affected areas cover pollution and physical damage to land, from licensed and unlicensed mining alike.

Permits by commodity

CommodityPermits
quartz sand102
stone & sand77
bauxite64
gold13
other9
zircon8
kaolin3

Source: ESDM MODI / Geoportal ESDM · Updated 24 Oct 2026

Forest loss per year

Yearha
2016288,048
2017182,337
2018160,215
2019143,964
2020122,636
2021109,702
2022138,255
2023207,844
2024174,892
2025148,913

Source: Hansen/UMD Global Forest Change (v1.13) · Updated 24 Oct 2026

SDG status

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Permits by status

  • Active276
  • In preparation (WIUP)170
  • Suspended6
  • Expired9
  • Small-scale mining zone (WPR), status unknown363

A WIUP is an area set aside for permits, not yet a permit. A WPR is a zone for small-scale community mining. Only "active" counts as a permit in the key figures.

Source: ESDM MODI / Geoportal ESDM · Updated 24 Oct 2026

More about this province

  • About 92.9 % of the land is forest (tree canopy of at least 30 %, year 2000).
  • 11 of 14 regencies and cities have 3 or more active permits.

Source: Hansen/UMD Global Forest Change (v1.13) · Updated 24 Oct 2026

Regencies and cities in West Kalimantan

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  • Permit holders253 Locked
  • Environmental alerts14 Locked
  • Impact assessments0 Locked
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