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Mining permits and environmental impact in South Sumatra

South Sumatra (capital Palembang) has 158 registered mining permits, mainly coal, stone & sand. The mapped area opened and affected by mining covers 8,372 ha. In 2025, 119,909 ha of tree cover was lost. No environmental bulletins have been published for this province yet.

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Mining permits
158
active IUP/IUPK/IPR
Source: ESDM MODI / Geoportal ESDM ·
Affected area
8,372ha
land opened or damaged by mining
Source: Cheng et al. 2026 + Maus et al. 2022 ·
Forest loss
119,909ha
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
coal115
stone & sand20
quartz sand9
other5
limestone4
clay3
batu kapur2

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

Forest loss per year

Yearha
2016278,791
2017125,407
2018126,138
2019103,278
2020109,374
202178,269
202288,252
2023139,900
2024121,008
2025119,909

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

SDG status

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Permits by status

  • Active158
  • In preparation (WIUP)57
  • Suspended4
  • Expired5
  • Small-scale mining zone (WPR), status unknown4

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 81.1 % of the land is forest (tree canopy of at least 30 %, year 2000).
  • 10 of 17 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 Sumatra

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  • Permit holders146 Locked
  • Environmental alerts22 Locked
  • Impact assessments0 Locked
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