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Stalled Reforestation Program in Indonesia’s New Capital

Monday, August 11, 2025

The government is scaling back tree nursery plans in the IKN. The ambitious 15-million tree-planting program has stalled.

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Kusuma Bangsa Park with the Garuda Palace in the background at Nusantara Capital City, Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, August 14, 2024. Antara/Fauzan. tempo : 177088849429.

THE dry leaves of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus pellita) covered the roofs and porches of glamorous camping cabins—known as glamping—on the hills of Sepaku subdistrict, East Kalimantan, on Sunday, July 20, 2025. The cabins, part of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN), looked far from glamorous. Some were weathered and worn, surrounded by tall grass and dense undergrowth.

Built in 2022 under President Joko Widodo’s administration, the sit

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Dody Hidayat

Abdallah Naem contributed to the writing of this article. 

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