Indonesia court orders release of withheld impact studies on new capital

Indonesia court orders release of withheld impact studies on new capital

EAST KALIMANTAN, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to release environmental impact assessments for two projects at the country’s new capital city, handing civil society groups a rare transparency victory. The case brought by the East Kalimantan provincial chapter of the Mining Advocacy Network, a civil society organization known as Jatam, was formally read out at Indonesia’s Information Commissioner, the KIP, in ea…