The West Kalimantan Provincial Government has allocated land for the needs of sustainable plantation development, especially with the main priority for West Kalimantan's leading commodities. "We appreciate the activities organized by the BPN/ATR Regional Office, where in the 2014 West Kalimantan Provincial RTWP, around 4.819 million hectares of the total APL area of 6.333 million hectares or 76% we have allocated for land needs for sustainable plantation development, especially with top priority for superior commodities. West Kalimantan, namely Palm Oil, Rubber, Deep Coconut, Cocoa, Pepper and Coffee," said the Governor of West Kalimantan, Sutarmidji while attending the Expose of Data on the West Kalimantan Province Plantation Sectoral Land Use Balance Sheet in 2022 at the Meranti Hall of the Mercure Hotel Pontianak, Wednesday (28/9/2022) . The activity, which was organized by the Regional Office of the National Land Agency/Agrarian and Spatial Planning (BPN/ATR) of West Kalimantan Province, was aimed at taking an inventory of the land use and control of 6 main plantation commodities and analyzing the suitability and availability of plantation land for the RTRW in West Kalimantan Province. The activity began with the screening of the West Kalimantan Province Plantation Sectoral NPGT success story video and continued with a panel discussion on the urgency of plantation sector policies in planning for sustainable plantation development in West Kalimantan Province and follow-up information on plantations in Forest Areas/PIPPIB by the Plantation and Livestock Service Office of West Kalimantan Province. and BPKH Region III Pontianak. "The West Kalimantan Provincial Government with its commitment to support has issued Governor Regulation Number 159 of 2021 concerning the General Plan for Sustainable Plantation Development," said Sutarmidji.
Most of the area of 3,797 hectares or 78% of the APL of the Plantation sub-sector has been reserved for the needs of oil palm development which is of interest to investors and smallholder plantations and to date, 363 IUPs have been issued by regents throughout West Kalimantan with an area of 3,272 hectares of concession permits or 86%. "I welcome the work of the Land Use Management Balance Sheet Preparation Team for the plantation sector, especially in the West Kalimantan region, which on this occasion has been exposed in front of all of us. I ask all OPD and related ranks to make the best use of the West Kalimantan Province Plantation Sectoral Land Use Balance Data. If it is found that there are indications of non-optimal use of the land that has been given, even if it leads to indications of abandoned land, then I ask the licensing authority through the relevant OPD to immediately coordinate and collaborate with the West Kalimantan ATR/BPN Regional Office, so that the negligent corporate person can be immediately taken. corrective actions are needed according to the legislation," said Sutarmidji. "It should be noted that the legality of land for independent smallholders is the main component that must be met if the plantation concerned is prepared to obtain ISPO or RSPO certificates until 2021, the area of oil palm owned by independent smallholders reaches 535,797 hectares owned by 174,373 families of smallholders. land certificate service is what he hopes for,” Sutsrmidji hoped. In the same place, the Head of the West Kalimantan ATR/BPN Regional Office, Ery Suwondo, SH., revealed that in 2022, the West Kalimantan Province National Land Agency (BPN) Regional Office was given the mandate to carry out the Plantation Sector Land Management Balance (NPGT) activities.
