Penggusuran Hutan dan Masyarakat untuk Proyek Energi

A report by Trend Asia detailing how the revised Spatial Plan (RTRW) for South Papua Province facilitates National Strategic Projects (PSN) for food and energy, leading to massive deforestation, the displacement of indigenous peoples, and the destruction of high conservation value areas.

• The revised Spatial Plan (RTRW) for South Papua Province is designed to accommodate National Strategic Projects (PSN) for food and energy, including bioenergy developments such as biodiesel, bioethanol, and biomass power plants.
• The plan involves the release of 543,575 hectares of forest area and the downgrading of 175,009 hectares, potentially resulting in the loss of 644,994 hectares of natural forest.
• The PSN for food and energy threatens 49 indicative indigenous territories across the Merauke, Boven Digoel, Mappi, and Asmat regencies, with 38 areas in forest release zones and 11 in forest function downgrade zones.
• Specific bioenergy targets in South Papua include 633,000 hectares for bioethanol in Merauke, 254,436 hectares for biofuel in Boven Digoel, and 169,000 hectares for biomass in Merauke, including a 10 MW biomass power plant.
• The forest release and function changes overlap with existing forestry business permits (PBPH), suggesting that corporations like PT Selaras Inti Semesta, PT Medcopapua Alam Lestari, and PT Merauke Rayon Jaya may act as project implementers.
• The projects threaten High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA/ABKT). Under Ministerial Decree No. 591, 71.9% of the 486,939 hectares released are HCVA, dominated by category 5 (forests essential for community needs) at 32.3% and category 2 (natural ecosystems) at 22.5%.
• The process for revising the South Papua Spatial Plan is criticized as non-transparent and rushed, with only one month between the KLHS validation on September 16 and the expected finalization on October 16-17, 2025.

APA

Oktaviani, A. R., Fathan, M. A., & Fathurridlo, M. (2025). Penggusuran Hutan dan Masyarakat untuk Proyek Energi. Trend Asia. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Penggusuran-Hutan-dan-Masyarakat-untuk-Proyek-Energi-FINAL.pdf

Chicago

Oktaviani, Amalya Reza, Masagus Achmad Fathan, and Muhammad Fathurridlo. Penggusuran Hutan dan Masyarakat untuk Proyek Energi. Trend Asia, 2025. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Penggusuran-Hutan-dan-Masyarakat-untuk-Proyek-Energi-FINAL.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{oktaviani2025penggusuran, author = {Oktaviani, Amalya Reza and Fathan, Masagus Achmad and Fathurridlo, Muhammad}, title = {{Penggusuran Hutan dan Masyarakat untuk Proyek Energi}}, institution = {Trend Asia}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Penggusuran-Hutan-dan-Masyarakat-untuk-Proyek-Energi-FINAL.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }