Illegal Mining Under Sharp Scrutiny
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Teaming up with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a coalition of NGOs recently released an index ranking mining-sector reform efforts in 12 trouble-spot provinces.
The index is part of a 2014 KPK-led initiative called Korsup Minerba (Supervision of Coordination of Mineral and Coal Governance), which seeks to compel local governments to take remedial actions following a 2009 energy ministry study which noted a full 40 percent of Indonesia's 10,922 locally issued mining permits (IUP) were 'non-clean-and-clear', or illegal in some fashion.
Teaming up with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a coalition of NGOs recently released an index ranking mining-sector reform efforts in 12 trouble-spot provinces.
The index is part of a 2014 KPK-led initiative called Korsup Minerba (Supervision of Coordination of Mineral and Coal Governance), which seeks to compel local governments to take remedial actions following a 2009 energy ministry study which noted a full 40 percent of Indones
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