REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Penguruan Besar Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) obtains a mine management license by the government. Related to this, PBNU promises indigenous rights-friendly and environmentally friendly mine management.

“If NU was granted concessions in the middle of the settlement, of course we would not want, or given a concession where there is a claim of access rights, of course we cannot, of course we do not want to. We must first see where the place is, where the concession is,” said Chairman of the General Manager of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Yahya Cholil Staquf during a press conference at the PBNU office on Thursday (6/6/2024).

According to this scholar known as Gus Yahya, NU pays great attention to the preservation of the environment and the welfare of the public. Thus, NU strongly supports the movements spearheaded by environmental activists.

However, according to Gus Yahya, in the fight for idealism, activists must pay attention to strategies and ways so as not to cause problems of criminalization. Moreover, NU itself clearly Gus Yahya supports idealism and moral values of environmental welfare for society in general.