Forest Area Function and Purpose Regulation

AuthorWilliam A. Sullivan/Christian Teo Purwono & Partners
ProfessionLicensed Foreign Advocate in Indonesia as well as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Pages405-418
CHAPTER 28
Forest Area Function and Purpose
Regulation
I. Executive Summary
1. Overview
1.1 The Forest Area Function and Purpose Regulation (hereinafter
referred to as GR 10/2010) was issued with legal effect from
January 22, 2010, and by way of the implementation of Article 19 of
the 1999 Forestry Law.
1.2 GR 10/2010 sets out the procedures for the alteration of the purpose
or function of Forest Areas.
2. Approach
2.1 Relevant Categories: The following categories of Forest Area may
be the subject of function or purpose alteration:
a. Conservation Forests;
b. Protected Forests; and
c. Production Forests.
2.2 Extent: The function or purpose of a Forest Area may altered:
a. Partially; or
b. On a Province or Regencywide basis.
2.3 Method: Partial alteration of Forest Area purpose involves one or
another of the following:
a. Exchange of Forest Areas (i.e., existing Forest Areas that become
Non-Forest Areas in return for NonForest Areas that become
new Forest Areas upon completion of the exchange); or
b. Relinquishment of Forest Areas (i.e., existing Forest Areas that
become Non-Forest Areas upon completion of the
relinquishment).
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