Guidelines for the Resolution of Environmental Disputes provide another step in dealing with an environmental complaint.

Sanctions may be imposed in stages, cumulatively or randomly according to the severity of the violation.

Changes to the licensing scheme are afoot.

Indonesia has passed a new law to protect the country's natural resources from biopiracy.

Indonesia is embracing the new era of the carbon market, and nature-based solutions (NbS) are playing a major role.

As COP26 comes to a close in Glasgow, there has been a landmark victory for class action and environment campaigners in Indonesia.

On August 28, 2025, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia issued a landmark ruling (Constitutional Court Ruling No. 119/PUU-XXIII/2025) that significantly strengthens legal protections for environmental activists.

If soil pollution or environmental contamination is already present when the buyer in a real estate transaction in Indonesia becomes the legal owner of the land

To bolster Indonesian carbon market, the Minister of Environment and Forestry ("MOEF") issued MOEF Reg SK.716/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM.1/6/2023 on the Integration of Carbon Value Mechanisms in Approvals...

Indonesia has actively sought collaboration with international carbon standards to strengthen its position in the global carbon market and boost climate finance for mitigation and adaptation efforts.

On April 2, 2025, the Governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster, issued Circular Letter No. 9 of 2025 on the Bali Clean Waste Movement ("CL 9/2025"). CL 9/2025 aims to address growing concerns over waste accumulation...

On 21 January 2015, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia rendered Judgment No. 18/ PUU-XII/2014 on judicial review proceedings relating to the application of environmental permits...

On 21 April 2021, the Indonesian Government updated Indonesia's Nationally Determined Contribution ("NDC") submitted in 2016, through Letter No. B-272/M/S/HK.09/04/2021.

Indonesia has introduced a new carbon trading framework through Presidential Regulation No. 110 of 2025, dated October 10, 2025, on the Implementation of Carbon Economic Value and National Greenhouse Gas...

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry ("MOEF") is continuing to develop the regulatory framework for carbon trading in Indonesia. First it issued an umbrella regulation...

On November 22, 2023, the Minister of Environment and Forestry (the "MOEF") issued Regulation No. 15 of 2023 on Business Licensing on Utilization of Wild Plants and Animals ("Regulation 15").

On 10 October 2025, the President enacted Presidential Regulation (“PR”) No. 109 of 2025 on the Handling of Urban Waste through Waste Processing into Renewable Energy Based on Environmentally Friendly Technology (“PR 109/2025”), which revokes the preceding regulation, namely PR No. 35 of 2018 on the Acceleration of the Construction of Waste-to- Energy Power Plants Based on Environmentally Friendly Technology (“PR 35/2018”), which was considered to have faced challenges in its implementation.

Again, the haze caused by Indonesian forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatera has been impacting the neighbouring countries.

Following the issuance last year of an initial regulation on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) for Upstream Oil-and-Gas Business Activities...

In recent years, discussions on the environment, growing social divisions, and climate change have become increasingly important in Indonesia.