Government Regulation No. 105 of 2015 amending Government Regulation No. 24 of 2010 on the use of forest areas. Country/Territory Indonesia Document type Regulation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Mineral resources, Water Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Protection forest Right of use Authorization/permit Afforestation/reforestation Mining Waterworks Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Indian Ocean, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Government Regulation enters into force on 22 December 2015. Abstract This Government Regulation establishes the Second Amendment to Government Regulation No. 24 of 2010 concerning the Use of Forest Areas. It amends several articles on the arrangements on the type of activities, the obligations of the holder of the use permit for forest area, the procedure for the use of these areas, etc. In particular it amends the following issues: provisions on the use of forest areas for development purposes outside of forestry activities can only be undertaken for activities with inalienable strategic objectives. Development interests outside forestry activities as referred to in paragraph(1) (activities specified below). The use of forest area for development purposes other than forestry activities as referred to in Article 4 paragraph(2) shall be conducted based on the permit to use forest area. The holder of permit of borrow-to-use area of forest shall be obliged to do as follows: a. identify and determine the boundaries of location of the permit of borrow-to-use area of forest; b. provide the payment of State’s non-tax revenue for the utilization of area of forest; c. plant vegetation for the sake of rehabilitation of watersheds; d. handover the result of identification and determination of boundaries and to reforest the land area of compensation; f. reclaim and/or reforest the location of borrow-to-use area of forest that is no longer occupied, etc. Full text English/Indonesian Website arsip.rimbawan.com; http References - Legislation Amends Government Regulation No. 24/2010 on the use of forest areas. Legislation | Indonesia | 2010 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Protection forest, Right of use, Authorization/permit, Mining, Waterworks Source: FAO, FAOLEX