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Mining permits and environmental impact in South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan (capital Banjarmasin) has 178 registered mining permits, mainly coal, quartz sand. The mapped area opened and affected by mining covers 22,279 ha. In 2025, 26,837 ha of tree cover was lost. No environmental bulletins have been published for this province yet.

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Mining permits
178
active IUP/IUPK/IPR
Source: ESDM MODI / Geoportal ESDM ·
Affected area
22,279ha
land opened or damaged by mining
Source: Cheng et al. 2026 + Maus et al. 2022 ·
Forest loss
26,837ha
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
coal129
quartz sand22
stone & sand9
iron ore6
limestone5
other5
intan alluvial2

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

Forest loss per year

Yearha
201664,666
201737,555
201837,657
201944,165
202020,509
202121,641
202217,856
202351,401
202427,891
202526,837

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

SDG status

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Permits by status

  • Active178
  • In preparation (WIUP)22
  • Suspended7
  • Expired1

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 75.2 % of the land is forest (tree canopy of at least 30 %, year 2000).
  • 8 of 13 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 South Kalimantan

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  • Permit holders152 Locked
  • Environmental alerts4 Locked
  • Impact assessments0 Locked
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