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Making Palm Oil Moratorium and Evaluation of Palm Oil Licenses Work on the Ground
The Presidential Instruction No. 8/2018 on palm oil moratorium primarily focuses on addressing the issue of overlapping palm oil plantations within forest areas. A study by Gadjah Mada University indicates that 2.3 million hectares of palm oil plantations overlap with forest area.
Despite its economic contribution, palm oil plantation development in Indonesia is problematic, leading to environmental damage, agrarian conflicts, poor worker conditions, and a threat to food security. Specific issues include deforestation, overlapping concession permits, land grabbing from indigenous people, policy infringement, and illegal operations.
The implementation of the palm oil moratorium requires synergy with several other relevant policies, such as Presidential Regulation No. 88/2017 on the Settlement of Land Tenure within Forest Area, Presidential Regulation No. 86/2018 on Agrarian Reform, Public Information Disclosure on HGU and HGU Maps, ISPO certification, NDC, One Map Policy, and Corruption Eradication.
