Lawsuit Brewing Over Leuser

The move is a turning point in a years-long quarrel over the government's failure to revoke a 2013 spatial plan submitted by the Aceh government, one that both activists and the home affairs ministry have declared illegal.

The proposed spatial plan fails to list the Leuser Ecosystemthe last place on earth where rhinos, tigers, elephants and orangutans freely roamas a national strategic area for environmental conservation, allegedly contravening Law No. 26/2007 on spatial planning.

October 20, 2015

The move is a turning point in a years-long quarrel over the government's failure to revoke a 2013 spatial plan submitted by the Aceh government, one that both activists and the home affairs ministry have declared illegal.

The proposed spatial plan fails to list the Leuser Ecosystemthe last place on earth where rhinos, tigers, elephants and orangutans freely roamas a national strategic area for environmental conservation, allegedly contravening La

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