Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) officially passed the Agrarian Reform Bill into law on September 22, 2026. A key component of this new legislation is the creation of a specialized institution, the Agrarian Reform Implementation Agency (LPRA), which will operate directly under and be accountable to the President. This new body is tasked with comprehensive authority over agrarian reform, including planning, implementation, oversight, and crucially, the resolution of land conflicts across the nation.
Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning, Nusron Wahid, indicated that the new agency aims to simplify and accelerate the resolution of long-standing structural land conflicts by consolidating overlapping authorities. He noted that the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR/BPN) will undergo structural and functional changes, with some directorates potentially being integrated into the new agency. Nusron clarified that the new body will primarily handle communal land conflicts, such as those involving the public against corporations, state-owned enterprises (BUMN), or state assets (BMN), while individual administrative land disputes will likely remain under the Ministry of ATR/BPN.
The Agrarian Reform Bill, composed of 14 key policies, emphasizes ensuring and recognizing citizens' rights to land, establishing priority locations for reform based on land inequality and poverty, and empowering agrarian reform subjects through economic programs and sustainable partnerships. The law also includes provisions for establishing a supervisory board to ensure transparency and accountability, as well as strengthening legal enforcement to protect vulnerable communities and prevent new land conflicts. This move is expected to integrate land data and policies, ultimately aiming for a more equitable distribution of land and legal certainty.
