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Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry of the R.I. No. P.14/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM.1/2/2017 on Procedures for the Peat Ecosystem Inventory Functions.

Country/Territory
Indonesia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Freshwater resources management Authorization/permit Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Procedural matters Freshwater pollution Groundwater Ecosystem preservation Pollution control Protection of habitats Wetlands
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Indian Ocean, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This enters into force on 27 February 2017.
Abstract

This Regulation, consisting of 23 articles divided into seven Chapters, establishes the Procedures for the Peat Ecosystem Inventory Functions in order to improve the protection efforts of vulnerable and damaged Peatland Ecosystems. It establishes safeguard measures to ensure ecological functions of the Peat Ecosystem in support of biodiversity conservation, water management, as carbon storage reserves, oxygen producers, and climate balance, pursuant to Government Regulation Number 71 of 2014 on the Protection and Management of Peat Ecosystem as amended. This Ministerial Regulation aims to regulate the procedures for the inventory and determination of the functions of the Peat Ecosystem as a tool for preparing the protection and management plan of the Peat Ecosystem using an indicative map of national peat ecosystem distribution, as contained in Attachment to Government Regulation No. 71 of 2014 on Protection and Management of Peat Ecosystem. The scope of this Ministerial Regulation shall govern the following procedures: a) inventory and determination of the functions of the Peat Hydrological Unity; b) determination of the functions of the Peat Ecosystem; and c) changes in the determination of the functions of the Peat Ecosystem.

Full text
Indonesian
Website
arsip.rimbawan.com

References - Legislation

Implements

Government Regulation of the R.I. No. 71 of 2014 concerning Protection and Management of Ecosystem of Peat lands.

Legislation | Indonesia | 2014

Keyword: Wetlands, Agricultural development, Environmental planning, Land-use planning, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Ecosystem preservation, Policy/planning, Aquaculture, Survey/mapping, Sustainable development

Source: FAO, FAOLEX