26 2025

Reclaiming for the People: Neo Energy’s Community-Focused Land Rehabilitation

At Neo Energy, we believe that sustainability begins with how we treat the land today and how we prepare it for tomorrow. Every area where we operate carries the potential to become more than just a mining site, it can be restored and transformed into a lasting asset for the community and the environment. This belief is at the heart of our land rehabilitation program, which places people and ecosystems at the center of sustainable mining practices.

Turning Land Back into Life

Mining, by its nature, changes the landscape. But through careful planning, Neo Energy ensures that once an area has completed its operational cycle, it is not left barren. Instead, our land rehabilitation process reclaims the soil, nurtures vegetation, and restores ecological balance. This effort is guided by comprehensive reclamation and post-mining plans that align with Indonesia’s environmental regulations and global best practices.

What makes Neo Energy’s approach distinct is our focus on how rehabilitated land can serve local communities. Rather than simply replanting trees, we design land use strategies that transform previously mined areas into spaces that foster livelihoods, resilience, and long-term sustainability.

From Greenery to Growth

Our reclamation programs include reforestation with native tree species, soil restoration, and water management systems to revive biodiversity. Yet beyond ecology, Neo Energy collaborates with villages to repurpose reclaimed land for agriculture, aquaculture, and agroforestry projects. By doing so, we ensure that rehabilitation directly translates into opportunities for food security and income generation.

In Central Sulawesi, for example, community-driven initiatives have already begun to bear fruit. Areas once used for mining are now replanted with crops such as maize, cassava, and cocoa, giving local farmers access to fertile land. These programs are supported with technical training and resources to ensure sustainable farming practices, bridging environmental recovery with economic empowerment.

Communities as Partners

For Neo Energy, land rehabilitation is not a corporate exercise; it is a partnership with the people. Before implementing projects, our community engagement teams consult with residents, village leaders, and local governments to identify needs and opportunities. This participatory approach ensures that land rehabilitation addresses both environmental integrity and community aspirations.

When communities see their voices reflected in the projects, whether through agriculture plots, communal forests, or public facilities, they gain not just restored land, but also a renewed sense of ownership and hope for the future.

A Model for Sustainable Mining

Neo Energy’s community-focused land rehabilitation represents a blueprint for how mining companies can align business operations with social and environmental value creation. By reclaiming land for people, we turn what could have been scars on the landscape into legacies of resilience and shared prosperity.

Looking Ahead

As Neo Energy continues to expand its role in Indonesia’s energy transition, our commitment to responsible mining remains steadfast. Land rehabilitation will always be more than compliance for us, it is an opportunity to give back, restore balance, and ensure that communities thrive long after the mining has stopped.

Because at Neo Energy, we believe that true progress means leaving the land, and its people, better than we found them.

 


 

References:

  1. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia (ESDM). Regulation on Reclamation and Post-Mining Implementation in Mineral and Coal Mining.
  2. International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity.
  3. World Bank. Mine Closure and Environmental Rehabilitation: Best Practice Approaches.
  4. Neo Energy Internal Reports and Community Engagement Programs, 2025.
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