Decree of the Minister of Forestry and Estates No. 313/Kpts-II/1999 regarding the bidding procedure in the tender of forest concessions. Country/Territory Indonesia Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Warta Cafi No. 88, 2 November 1999, pp. 7-15. Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Timber extraction/logging Concession Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Indian Ocean, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This Decree concerns bidding procedures for forest concessions pursuant to article 6 of Government Regulation 6/1999 on the provisions of forest exploitation and collection of forest products in production forests. Concessions may be in the form of natural forest concession or a timber estate concession. Chapter I contains definitions. This Decree further specifies in Chapter III criteria for a production forest that can be tendered for a natural forest concession, and prescribes status and additional requirements for participants in tenders. Procedure of tendering is set out in Chapter III. The tender is implemented in accordance with provisions of Chapter IV, whereas Chapter V provides for the determination of the winner of the natural forest concession and Chapter VI for the determination of winners of timber estate concessions. Chapter VII concerns fostering and supervisions and Chapter VIII contains closing provisions. Full text English