Revised Forest Moratorium Map

The Minister of Forestry recently issued Decree No. 7416/Menhut-VII/IPSDH/2011 on the Determination of  Indicative Maps for Postponing New Licenses, Forest Area Utilization and Designation Changes of Forest Areas and Other Designated Areas (“Decree”).

The Decree implements Presidential Directive No.10 of 2011 on the Suspension of New Licenses, Advancing Primary Forest Management and Designation Changes of Forest Areas and Other Designated Areas (“Presidential Directive”), which requires the Ministry of Forestry to revise the indicative maps every 6 months.

The Decree has 14 Sections and 1 appendix.

Pursuant to the Second Section, the Indicative Map is attached to the Decree, and the scale of the map is 1: 250.000. The scale of the map may be adjusted based on the ability of authorized technical units to provide the proper map scale.