BADUNG - Minister of Environment (LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq will conduct a review regarding complaints about nickel mining activities in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua. Hanif will take legal steps if there are rules that are violated.
"We have examined the King of Ampat as soon as possible we will go there," said Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq while attending the Commemoration Peak of World Environment Day 2025 in Badung, Bali, Thursday, June 5.
His party will also take legal steps related to activities that occur in Raja Ampat.
"Or at least, we will immediately take legal steps, related to activities in Raja Ampat, after going through studies in us," he added.
His party will also immediately visit Raja Ampat to see firsthand what happened there.
"God willing, in the near future I will visit Raja Ampat, see firsthand what the media and the public will report," he said.
Previously, Head of the Forestry and Land Environment Agency of Southwest Papua Province Julian Kelly Kambu said there were two companies that managed nickel mines in Raja Ampat, namely PT GAG Nickel and PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining.
The two companies have had business permits since the area was still one with West Papua Province.
In addition to the two licensed nickel mines, according to him, several companies operating in Raja Ampat had mining business permits (IUP) before the Southwest Papua Province was established.
The Regent of Raja Ampat Orideko Burdam previously complained about the authority to grant and terminate nickel mining permits from Jakarta.
This condition makes it difficult for local governments to intervene in mines that are suspected of damaging and polluting existing forests and ecosystems.
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