Indonesia accused of putting profit ahead of the environment with new bill

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JAKARTA: Indonesia's plans to relax environmental rules to encourage investment have drawn criticism from activists on Friday (Feb 14) who say the government is putting profit ahead of protecting the archipelago's rich natural surroundings.

The"Job Creation" bill, submitted to parliament on Wednesday, aims to open up industries and includes proposals to relax the need for companies to conduct environmental studies and eases rules on coal mining.

Currently, companies that exploit natural resources must conduct an AMDAL, which is intended to assess the impact of the investment on the environment and local community. "This can lead to the accumulation of unmanaged impacts and even ecological disasters," Komarudin said, citing last year's forest fires in Borneo and Sumatra, floods in Jakarta in January and drought in the southeastern part of the country.

Around two million people enter the job market every year in the country of more than 260 million people.

 

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