JAKARTA: Indonesia will revoke land rights covering a total of more than 42,000 hectares from eight companies allegedly involved in forest fires, while three other firms remain under review, the government said.
Agrarian Affairs Minister Nusron Wahid said on Monday that the land use permits of three companies, known as HGU, would be fully revoked after more than 50 per cent of their concessions were burned amid repeated fire outbreaks and inadequate prevention measures.
Another company's land use rights will be partially revoked, while another will not be able to renew its already expired HGU, he added.
Three other companies with plantation permits will not be granted land use rights after outbreaks of fire on their concessions, Nusron said.
