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Mining permits and environmental impact in North Sumatra

North Sumatra (capital Medan) has 20 registered mining permits, mainly stone & sand, limestone. The mapped area opened and affected by mining covers 310 ha. In 2025, 75,787 ha of tree cover was lost. No environmental bulletins have been published for this province yet.

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Static map of North Sumatra province with a simplified boundary; mining permits mainly stone & sand, limestone.
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Mining permits
20
active IUP/IUPK/IPR
Source: ESDM MODI / Geoportal ESDM ·
Affected area
310ha
land opened or damaged by mining
Source: Cheng et al. 2026 + Maus et al. 2022 ·
Forest loss
75,787ha
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
stone & sand10
limestone3
gold2
feldspar2
timbal dan seng1
copper1
other1

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

Forest loss per year

Yearha
201679,852
201774,927
201866,605
201952,196
202050,758
202159,543
202249,896
202365,740
202464,811
202575,787

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

SDG status

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Permits by status

  • Active20
  • In preparation (WIUP)157
  • Small-scale mining zone (WPR), status unknown10

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 81.4 % of the land is forest (tree canopy of at least 30 %, year 2000).
  • 2 of 33 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 North Sumatra

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  • Permit holders19 Locked
  • Environmental alerts18 Locked
  • Impact assessments0 Locked
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