Joint Decision of the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Forestry concerning regulations making available forest areas for the development of agricultural cultivations

JOINT DECISION OF THE MIHIS'T.ER FOR AGRICULTURE AND THE MINISTER FOR FORESTRY NUDber KB.550/246/Kpts/4/1984 NUDber : 082/Kpts-II/1984 C 0 H C K R H I H G REGULATIONS ON MAKING AVAILABLE FOREST AREAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATIONS. THE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND THE MINISTER FOR FORESTRY Considering: a. that in the fraaework of the national develop nent and in particular the development of agricultural cultivation and the developDent of the forestry field and also in the framework of a successful Panca Krida Kabinet Pembangunan IV~ a harnonious and ever increasing cooperation is considered necessary to realize the targets of the agricultural and forestry progr8.lls. b. that for this purpose in the framework of neeting the needs for terrains fo~ the developaent of agricultural activities it is considered necessary to issue regulations on the availability of forest areas for the developaent of agricultural activities. Missing text 9. The Presidential Instruction Number 1 of the Year 1976 concerning the Synchronization of the Execution of the Assignments in the fields of Agraria~ with Forestry, Mining, Transmigration and Public Works. HAS DECIDED 70 issue A REGULATION TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOREST AREAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATIONS. Article 1 (1) The development of Agricultural cultivations which wouldcover the cUltivation of plantation crops, fisneries 7 live stock and food crop cultivation that would use forest areas by reference to conservation of land and water. (2) Terrains of National Parks, areas reserved for Forest Protect:ion 7 Tourist Forests, Protected Forests and Limited Production Forest shall not be made available for the development of the aforesaid agricultural cultivations. Article -2 (1) The terrains of Forest Areas that may be made available for agricultural cultivations are the forest areas outside the island of Java which based. on the Approved Pattern for the Utilization of Forests are located at the terrains of Production Forest areas which may be converted and which soil meets the technical standards of the crops that will be developed in these areas. (2) In making available forest area terrains as mentioned in article 1 of this article, the priorities for the development of agricultural cul tivations are shnlb- and underbrush terrains~ alang-alang fields and other forest areas that according to research have no economic value. (3) If the needs for terrains for agricultural cultivations cannot be met by the forest areas that may be converted or other terrains, these needs may be met by shifting production forest areas that may be converted to permanent production forest areas. Article 3 To make available terrains of mangrove cOastal forests for the development of fish culture/ ponds on the fallowing terms and condit~ons: (a) The islands outside Java have the priority for coastal forest areas that may be made available for fish culture. (b) The mangrove forest areas constitute wildlife preserves, Tourist Forests and Production Forests that have been determined to support production of raw materials for the wood industry, such as chips, rayon and energy Coastal mangrove forest areas that are located on small islands with an acreage of less than ~O square km may not be made available for the development of fish culture/pond. (c) A green belt of coastal forests the function of which would be to protect the coastlines and maintain the locations of marine life shall be established, whereas the width of this green be determi.ned Institutions/ belt shall researches of competent based on the Government Agencies, on the condition that awaiting the results of the aforesaid research, the width of this green coastal forest belt shall be determined jointly by the First Echelon Government Agencies concerned at 200 (two hundred) meters. Article 4 The release of forest area terrains for the development of agri.cul tural cultivations as menti.oned in articles 2 an 3, shall be executed pursuant to the procedur~ that was determined in the Decision of the Minister of Agriculture Number 764/Kpts/Um/10/1980 dated October 23, 1980. Article 5 (1) In making available forest areas for the development of agri.cultural cultivations the synchronization with other development activities shall be carefully considered, whereas these development activities cover mining-, the lay-out of the area development, transmigration, restructuring of the villages outside the island of Java and the development of Forestry. (2) A pattern of the needs of terrains for the development of agricultural cultivations up to the year 2000 shall be established. Article 6. The utilization of wood felled at the terrains that are to be used for the development of agricultural cultivations shall be executed pursuant to the current laws and regulations. Article 7. The use of roads of forest concessions for the interests of developing agricultural cultivations, shall be regulated by the Director General of Forest E~loitation in consultation with the Permanent Working Committee mentioned under article 10. Article 8 The control of shifting dry farming shall be executed with and through PIR (Nucleus Estate Programs) and other agricultural cultivation programs that may absorb the shifting dry farmers and develop them into permanent farmers. Article 9 In order to raise the prosperity level of the farmers as well as efforts to secure the conservation of forests, the Department for Agriculture in cooperation with the Department for Forestry provides guidance and cultural-technical informations concerning "Community Forests" of which its further execution shall be arranged by the related First Echelon Government Agencies of the Departments of Agriculture and Forestry. Article 10 (1) In the framework of this Joint Decision a Permanent Working Committee shall be established, whereas this Committee shall comprise First Echelon Executives of the Departments of Agriculture and Forestry. (2) The position of Chairman of the Permanent Working Committee shall be rotated between the First Echelon Executives of the Departments of Agriculture and Forestry for 1 (one) year and for the first ti.e a First Echelon Executive of the Department is appointed as the aforesaid Chairman. (3) The Chairman of the Permanent Working Committee may appoint working groups in accordance with the needs of the -embers comprising elements of the Departments of Agriculture and Forestry. Article 11 (1) Matters that have not yet been arranged in the Joint Decision Letter shall be arranged in due time. (2) This Joint Decision Letter shall be valid in on the day of its issue. Issued in On the date :JAKARTA April 30, 1984 THE MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE signed AOIMAD AFFANDI THE MINISTER FOR FORESTRY signed S 0 E D JAR W 0 Copy conform the or~ginal document copy made by the Head of the Administration Department the Directorate of Guidance of Living Sources signed Dicky Moedhanoe Reg.No. 080024675