Palu – Commission III of the Central Sulawesi Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) says mining companies in North Morowali regency have failed to reforest 90 hectares of former concession areas.

"They should have reforested the former sites because it's part of their obligation, but we found that the sites have simply been abandoned," Commission III head Zainal Abidin Ishak told The Jakarta Post in Palu on Sunday.

He said that based on data derived by Commission III, North Morowali was currently home to 47 licensed mining companies. Seventeen are in production, while the rest are in the exploration or land reservation stages.

Zainal added that a company that had a nickel-mining permit in a 200-hectare site had not reforested the area which it had exploited.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/01/18/islands-focus-mining-firms-neglect-former-sites.html