Hasanuddin University is committed to ensuring the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of land, particularly in forest, mountain, and dryland ecosystems under the university’s authority. This commitment is reflected in several policies and regulations, namely:

1. Rector Regulation No. 41/UN4.1/2023 on the Management of the Educational Forest as a Special Purpose Forest Area, which mandates that the management of the educational forest must be conducted sustainably, safeguard biodiversity, and prevent ecosystem degradation (Article 4). It also regulates conservation activities, the rehabilitation of critical lands, and the monitoring of forest resource use by the academic community and the public (Article 7).
2. Rector’s Decree No. 03210/UN4.1/KEP/2024, which establishes the Green Campus Policy to reinforce the implementation of green campus principles and support terrestrial ecosystem conservation as well as the achievement of the SDGs.
3. Rector’s Decree No. 00828/UN4.1.2/KEP/2024 concerning the formation of the Campus Forest Tree Pruning and Cutting Team, as part of a planned and sustainable vegetation management strategy.
4. Rector Regulation No. 11/UN4.1/2022 on Guidelines for Spatial   Planning and Building Utilization of the Campusstill in effect in 2024, which also adopts green campus principles by encouraging the reduction of built-up land, the expansion of vegetated areas, and environmentally friendly land management.
5. Hasanuddin University’s Strategic Plan (Renstra) 2020–2024, which strengthens the direction of the above policies through environmental and campus ecosystem management strategies, including land restoration, green space development, and the conservation of forest and mountain ecosystems within and surrounding the campus.

Concrete implementation is realized through the development of the Unhas Educational Forest in Bengo-Bengo, Maros, covering 30 hectares, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. This arboretum hosts over 70 species of endemic plants from various regions of Indonesia and serves as a center for conservation, research, and agro-edutourism, integrated with the development of the Science and Techno Park (STP). The program also includes the management of non-timber forest products and community empowerment through social forestry in the villages surrounding the educational forest.

On another front, the management policy for the Tamalanrea Campus Urban Forest, with more than 5,970 trees from 20 species, including endangered Diospyros celebica (Sulawesi ebony). These activities reflects Unhas’s strong commitment to the preservation of terrestrial ecosystems and the control of microclimates.