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Decree of the Minister of Forestry No. 236/Kpts-II/95 re procedures and requirements for applying for forest concessions.

Country/Territory
Indonesia
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Warta Cafi, No. 113 of 30 September 1995, pp. 2511-2518.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Concession Timber extraction/logging Afforestation/reforestation Public forest EIA Forest management/forest conservation
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Indian Ocean, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

A Decree to regulate the eligibility of applicants for concessions on public forest land and the procedures of application. Forest concessions shall be the rights granted to manage forests in a forest area covering activities such as wood felling, reafforestation and forest maintenance, forest product processing and marketing in accordance with a working plan (art. 1(1)). Applications can be filed by state-owned companies and (private) Limited Liability Companies. Concessions can be granted on permanenent production forest areas, limited production forest areas or forest areas declared as permanent production forest areas carrying no other rights (art. 2). Survey of the concession area under the guidance of the Director General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation and an environment impact assessment shall form part of the application procedure. (15 articles and an Annex)

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