Indonesia’s Environment Ministry Seals 19 Companies Linked to Land Fires

Indonesia’s Environment Ministry has sealed 19 businesses across seven provinces in a legal enforcement campaign linked to forest and land fires. The affected area is estimated at 11,046.69 hectares.

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From January through yesterday, enforcement efforts have involved 19 businesses in seven provinces, where we installed monitoring signs or seals.

Deputy for Environmental Law Enforcement Rizal Irawan said the ministry placed monitoring signs or seals on the businesses as part of its handling of fire-related cases. Proceedings can take administrative, environmental civil or criminal routes.

West Kalimantan accounted for seven of the businesses, with 2,260.08 hectares of burned land. South Sumatra had four businesses linked to 772.72 hectares, while three businesses in South Kalimantan accounted for 6,595.15 hectares. Two businesses in Central Kalimantan were linked to 99.40 hectares.

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The total for the 19 businesses is about 11,046.69 hectares burned.

The ministry also listed one business each in East Kalimantan, Lampung and Riau, covering about five hectares, 202.73 hectares and about 7.10 hectares respectively. From 2023 through 2025, it filed 32 civil cases seeking 5.30 trillion rupiah in potential environmental damages and 9.50 trillion rupiah for restoration. Civil judgments paid this year have generated 128,670,978,500 rupiah in non-tax state revenue.

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That is the value of the losses in the documents we submitted.