Abandoned Land Should Not Mean Abandoning Reform

In recent weeks, the issue of the government reclaiming land abandoned for more than two years has resurfaced in national media coverage. Nusron Wahid, the agrarian and spatial planning minister and head of the National Land Agency (BPN), said earlier this month that around 100,000 hectares were under review for potential designation as abandoned land to be retaken by the state.

Still, the government has emphasized that the land designation process cannot be completed quickly, since it requires as many as 587 days for verification, identification, warning and determining formal status as mandated by Government Regulation (PP) No. 20/2021 on control of abandoned areas and land.

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