<![CDATA[Infrastructure investment is essential for regional economic growth; however, the implementation of Indonesia’s Job Creation Law in archipelagic regions such as Maluku presents legal and regulatory challenges. This study aimed to examine the legal framework governing infrastructure investment under Law Number 6 of 2023 and formulate a more responsive legal reconstruction that accommodates the geographical, ecological, and socio-cultural characteristics of the Maluku Islands. The study employed a normative juridical method using statutory, conceptual, and case approaches. Primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials were collected through literature reviews and analyzed qualitatively through legal interpretation and argumentation. The findings showed that risk-based business licensing, land acquisition, and environmental protection provisions remained oriented toward mainland conditions and inadequately addressed small-island ecosystem vulnerability, regional isolation, customary law, and communal land rights. The Banda Neira Port case demonstrated that these regulatory weaknesses contributed to legal uncertainty, land conflicts, project delays, and environmental risks. The study concluded that legal reform should incorporate an archipelagic ecosystem vulnerability index and a regional isolation index, strengthen customary deliberation mechanisms in land acquisition processes, provide compensation that reflects the social and cultural values of communal land, and require Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for infrastructure projects affecting ecologically sensitive island and coastal areas to ensure equitable development.]]>
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