Enviro News Asia, Jakarta – Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) has reached 3.11 million hectares, or approximately 76 percent of its national target of 4.10 million hectares, in providing Agrarian Reform Objects (Tanah Objek Reforma Agraria/TORA) sourced from forest areas. The achievement reflects the government’s ongoing effort to resolve long-standing land tenure issues by expanding legal land access for communities living in and around forests while maintaining sustainable forest management.
Announced on July 26, 2026, the program is being implemented under the leadership of Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni to ensure that forest governance and community welfare advance together. Through TORA, the ministry prepares forest land for agrarian reform, allowing eligible communities to obtain legal certainty over land ownership through the national agrarian reform mechanism.
To date, the Ministry of Forestry has issued 237 Blue Decrees (SK Biru) covering 380,559.51 hectares across Indonesia. In 2026, four Blue Decrees totaling 332.27 hectares have benefited 2,166 recipients in 35 villages located in Nganjuk, West Bangka, Central Bangka, and Sikka regencies. The ministry has also contributed an additional 10,189 hectares of non-forest land through forest boundary demarcation in West Kalimantan, Bangka Belitung Islands, and Southeast Sulawesi.
One of the latest implementations took place in Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, where Minister Raja Juli Antoni handed over TORA certificates covering approximately 160.74 hectares across 12 districts and 26 villages. According to Director General of Forestry Planning Ade Tri Ajikusumah, TORA serves as a bridge between community prosperity and forest conservation by providing legal certainty for local residents while safeguarding forest ecosystems.
As of June 2026, Indonesia has legally designated 113.23 million hectares, or 90.60 percent, of its 124.98 million hectares of forest area. The Ministry of Forestry plans to accelerate the completion of the remaining one million hectares needed to achieve the national TORA target, ensuring that agrarian reform continues to support sustainable development, legal certainty, and improved livelihoods for forest-dependent communities. (*)
