The Effect of Long-Term Plantation Land Investment on The Environment in Indonesia

Plantations play an essential role in Indonesia. Plantation investment is an alternative that should be considered, given the large number of people working in this field. The method of this article is the normative legal research method. This study finds that apart from potentially increasing the trade balance through the products it produces and providing promising opportunities, plantation investment impacts environmental exploitation, resulting in several adverse complications, including ecological damage including the loss of tropical forests in Indonesia. This study concludes that the expansion of investment in the plantation industry in Indonesia not only has the potential to be advantageous but also has an effect on the environment. Plantation land can be a safe investment because it has a positive correlation with inflation, and many people are employed in this industry in Indonesia. It has been established that plantations still dominate Indonesia's investment potential. Its development depends on how best to use already-existing natural resources to spur growth.