Abstract: This research is motivated by the emergency state of deforestation in Indonesia, which reached 433,751 hectares in 2025, with a significant portion of the damage occurring legally within concession areas. This indicates a failure of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA/AMDAL) instruments and the ineffectiveness of administrative blacklist sanctions in curbing corporate aggressiveness in the forestry sector. This article aims to analyze the effectiveness of blacklist sanctions against companies violating EIA regulations and their impact on ecological justice for rural communities. Using a normative legal research method with statutory, conceptual, case, and comparative approaches, this study finds that current blacklist sanctions remain a paper tiger. The primary weakness lies in the lack of inter-agency database integration and the emergence of corporate zombie reincarnation, where environmental offenders easily establish new legal entities to evade sanctions. Furthermore, the shift to a risk-based licensing paradigm following the Job Creation Law tends to degrade environmental oversight. This study proposes policy reconstruction through the implementation of a Dual Track System that integrates absolute administrative blacklist sanctions with firm criminal penalties. Progressive law enforcement must be capable of applying the doctrine of piercing the corporate veil to prosecute the intellectual actors behind corporate structures and mandate physical environmental restoration. Integrating these sanctions is crucial to breaking the chain of impunity and ensuring sovereignty over natural resources for the justice of local communities.
Keywords: Deforestation, EIA (AMDAL), Blacklist, Corporate Reincarnation, Dual Track System.
Title: The Effectiveness of Legal and Administrative Blacklist Sanctions Against Companies Violating AMDAL (A Study of Forestry Natural Resources Conservation Policy in Indonesia)
Author: Udin, Martalib, Sri Susi Rahayu, Aman Nurkholis, Totok Handono, Muhammad Basir, Mustofa Kamil
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 14, Issue 2, April 2026 - June 2026
Page No: 117-124
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Published Date: 06-May-2026
