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Attract the investment first, and evaluate the environmental impact later: the minister

The government plans to relax environmental impact analysis (Amdal) requirements as it seeks to improve the country’s ease of doing business, a minister has said. “Issue the business permit first. If a business fails to comply [with the Amdal], we will revoke their permits,” Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD said at […]

What is wrong with EIAs?

AMBRIDGE – Walhi, Indonesia’s largest environmental organization, recently took the government to court for issuing construction permits to a Chinese company based on what they allege was a “deeply flawed” environmental impact assessment. In fact, Wahli contends, the $1.5 billion Batang Toru dam project will have severe ecological consequences, including the likely extinction of the […]