InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Director of Cultivation and Plantation Marketing, Ministry of Agricutlure, Dedi Djunaedi said, the palm oil plantation cultivation should have Plantation Business License or Ijin Usaha Perkebunan (IUP) and Business Rights or Hak Guna Usaha (HGU) based on the decision of Constitutioanal Court No. 138/2015.

The publication of President’s Instruction No. 8 / 2018 (Palm Oil Moratorium), Dedi mentioned, is the moment for the government to evaluate the license and monitor the IUP. “The published IUP is only for three years. We would discipline it,” he said in the spare time of the workshop of PembelajaranSertifikasi Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) in Jakarta, Friday (28/9/2018).

He also mentioned that the smallholders’ palm oil plantations in the forest regions would be analyzed to know if the areas could be released or not. “We would study the case together with related ministries. For example, in Musi Banyuasin (the smallholders’ areas in the forest regions) could be released. Meanwhile in the sanctuary areas,  theirs would be relocated,” he said.

By having one map policy, it is hoped that ISPO process would be faster to do including for the smallholders. Dedi thought, his side would coordinate with Corruption Eradication Commission to make sure the width of palm oil plantations in Indonesia.

According to Ministry of Agriculture, IUP published until now are 1.370 units. (T2)