JAKARTA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government on Tuesday launched a new map that provides more details on land usage, in a bid to avoid potential overlapping claims.
The launch of the new map came amid rampant conflicts on land ownership, which has undercut the government's infrastructure construction drives.
The new map was on a scale of 1:50,000, compared to the previous one on a scale of 1:250,000, which can curtail disputes over the issue of permits for the sectors of mining, plantation and forest conservation.
"With the one-map policy, the overlapping claims which had frequently taken place can be settled. Development planning can be undertaken more accurately. In our country there have been too many overlapping usage of lands," President Joko Widodo said.
Taking an example on the land dispute, the president said a total of 19.3 percent or 10 million hectares of the territory of the main Borneo island had overlapping land use.
