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Basic Forestry Law (Act No. 5 of 1967)

Made 1967-05-24 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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English
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Act
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European Union
Country
Indonesia
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Forestry
Keywords
basic legislation, public forest, private forest, protection forest, policy/planning, forest management/forest conservation

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  1. J~CT no 0 ) yE.. H 1 :J67 It n; Bi.SIC I'iOVI010FS ON FOitSSTHY- .---- -- - '" - .. - . - ...~ . i'JITlI . '1'l1E 13L;~~~SH!G O~j1 il.UHU]l'l'Y GOD, ~H1~ -FRESIDENTOP Tlli:.' l\I~l'UBLIC Of' : ,a. Tho.t f' o r-es t Ls r he gift of i>lmigb,ty God 0.13 the s ou r-c c of na t ur a L Hcnlth which eives mu.Lt i pur-« pose benefit: which s ha LI" be ab s o.Iu t eLy nnccte d ~y human bein(3 from y e nr-s to years; b. ·th~t forest in Ind~ncsla as the- source of nn turo.l.wealthond ~ne of the basic elements for na t I'on a L dGfcnce s hcu Ld be p'rotGctec1- and uti lized for the wc Lf'ur-c of the .pe o p.Le eternally; c. that Y'cC"ulu:tioris in t he field of forest end Forestry effective up ~o now, t~ a [rent extent oriLinatcd.frpm the coloninl[overnw;nt, of colon1al character and of vo.rlou~ kinds, Su that they 'are n o lont'or in 11ne with- the demand ?,f, the Rovo'I u t ion; d., that to secure t he Lnt cr e at of th,e People and the State and to finalize the Nati6nnl Uavolu tion, j~hee;(ist€nccofi.ct; .a s needed which c ontnins ba a l c p r-ovL::d.ons onri'ores r.ry of Not Lc na L character and c ono t r tutea t1:1€ ' basis fo\" c ornpos Ln.. Ler.Ls La t Lv e lleculatLms in the field3 of forest and Poru3try. ' ;Wi t h a. ,vi ew: ~~ Z-l., The 1945 Oons t Lt u t Lon , article' 5 paracraph (1), article'20 and article 33;, '2 . Edict of M.r.n.S. No. II/MPRS/1960J 3~ Edict of M.?n.S.'Na. VI/0PRS/1965; 4. Edict of N.~).R.S. No.XXIII!M?RSj1966; 5. Edict of M,l'.n.S. No.XYw"{III/rlfHS/1967; With the consent of GotODt rroyon[,Peoplcl~ Repre sentatives Council. H 11. S ':i) Eel D T!: D : To, La y down J ACT TIT;: nil.SIC l''ROVI810F~J ON FOnESTfiY. Q~~~~~~[~9V1~lQ~~ ~£.t:!£1.!L l~ In this "iLCt arid in its Excc u t Lve l'rovisione ruean t by S (I). "Furest" is Q field crown wLb h I~rce[; and which in 11;8 entity .c ou s t H ut- ~s na t unn I It fe co nunun i on \-li th 1 j~s -aur-r-oun d Iru nc t ur-e and which i:J e t Lpu Ia t e d by the Government a e forc;jt. ,,..~ 5 The o.drninistrntion by I-;he Community :iL Traditional Lml on a certain land bossd an the Trnditionol Lawi ordinarily called the rcrion riLht, Ls nckn owLcdr. eel in the U~'.sic 1.Cj~ on ;i.[rur1nn Nntttr3, ltJl1ich in I'a c t t. he said rCt:i~n :r.i!.hl": is 81:1J1 in exie t e nc c , In rcci,ms where 'in fl1ct.-the SE'.ld !'eld~)l1 r1Cht hn s n o Loru cr- in cx Ls t rmc e (or ne vcr- ex Ls b e d ) :1l1.uIl D:Jt L.c rcvJ. v e d , llccordlnc t o its P':"JCG8S, t h e 0:.11c1 rC(,i::m rl{ht., JvJinr", t o the in-' t'Lucnc es of several .I'no t or s , ~1l0,·}~ t e nd cnc y to be WC2.lCGI' and weak er. Bestdes the aforcmuntioncd r~st;riction the implementation Jf the su Lo r crLon r'1;:·h-l; ah o u Ld b« in such a WilY t ha t it 2h~11 be in line wii-.h. r116 na t Loun I Lnr e.r e e t and I1H1Y nol;oontl'::dic:; J;hr ·hi! ;',cr Le(TiDlc.f;ivc Hegulntlo1l2. Wit~ regard ~o t-he SAid matter, the forest Qdmini~tercd by the Communi t,y ")f 'I'r-a d it 10nnl-'~ LawI-Jhich nrc inc luc1 eel int 0 t be c onc ept. i on -or "Stc.b:: FOr(~E1t" d o es n::J1'; e Llrn i.not c 1::11.e richts of the Community of 'T.'r!.\dlr.ionnl LmJ ooric cr-nc d n.nd.its mcmb cr-r to ob r nLn benefit: f'r-om t:h€ E!~' icl f::ll'CStS, Lns J Ct.~r the o:~id 1"1[.h+;[1 is still in ex Ls t enc e and +:he Lmp'Lemc n t o t Lon t he r e of e hou Ld be in such D. way that it shell DDt disturb rhe ac h i c v Lnr: of the ob j e c t Lv e s as inserted in this Hc r - 8 ncl t h e cx ec ur Lv e r-cru Lc t Lono , This matter' has also beGn confirmed in article 17. In. conjunction with the pr ov Ls t o n s t a t e rl in e r t Lc Lc 5 H1e Gov er-nrne nf is obli/:,ecl to execute t nc cHei inC of nn t u r-c l vlcaltll in the fonns of forests .as cnn bE. SCGD in articles 8, 9, 13 nnd 14. To [;ivc stress on this intention,' in this icct, b ca Ld e s Ch:~ptcr on tl.h.rrnnr:iIig Forest" ill' the wide sense of the w'Jrc1, l:hGl'c i~1 r~lso separate Chapter on the Ilr'lnnngcw:ilt of :F'ol"t.st ll • .' Nev er-tne Les s it shall a l s o ob s cr-v c the ob Lf.r-n t i.on to pr-omo t c the s ou r-c n for the enr-n Lnr; of the p e opLe 1IJ11.o live in n nd ar-ound \ " ·the forest, in a c c or-dn nc e 11111;11 the c out.cn t of a r-t Lc Lc l:> Dub c. hnd as the balance, the people should also be nwar~ of their obli gation to t a ke part in pr o t cc tLnr- forest from b e i nr; d es t r-oynd , s Lnc e fo):,cst is the na t t onn I wealth, a s referred to In ar t Lo Lc 15t paracrnnh (3). Fur e ner-mor-e t:> !"uarnntc€ that; ~1J{;; suppor-t; and c orrt r oL 1'1'01'1 and by the I'e op.l,e ~hr~11 r cmni n r o ex] [)l~, in o ut Lf.n I n, the policy an forest': l!I:lnnCCmcn r by U1(';"UOV(;l'lllllCll'-, +;11(' pc opLc and lrl!.\[JL' ()r{~n­ nizA~i:.m~ ch811 be mobilized for j'llClp pa r t Lc i pa t Lon t hr-ourh the In~titut:l(ms s e t up fJr the erdd purposes. The role of the neviol1nl Government in I.ltilizini' fo r-cs t c un be ae en in article lL~pnrDcrpph,s (1) and (3)-, 8nclmCl1nly in a r t L» c l c 12, where it is stat-cd r hn t the Ccn t r-n L G'Jvcrmncnl- tll:~.'y (k:i.cfJ1te s oma i o f h er aut.hor Lty in the I'Jr. Ld or forestry to the, 1'(0,;:1:)[1 .... 1 ~~dministrnt .i cn • . Bu t on mn t t; ere c O(JG c r n Lnr, the o v er-c Ll pLnrml n.: S E€ ar-tn cLe s {). anel 8 pnro.cr8 ph (1 J, nnd in the c'a s e c one erIline the interest of na t Lona I level, the au t no r-Lt y r-cmc I ns to be held eli;' r ec t Ly by tht; Ccntral Government: • . To ex cc ut e che : mannr-em cn t :).f forest rind all kinds of the har-ve s tLn.. ::>ffoi\C8t pr-od uo t s wirh t1lG mnx i ma L products, ill or-d cr l:ha·t the r cn Lf.z a t Lon o nn be s t nr t cd , tho pur t Lc i pa t Lon of lll'lv~ltc c a p.i t n I ':lnd joint: cnh'r'l>p:l~(' 111 r-'t'j')~'.:I' p~rtlc::'/fpi!:ndi1·lj:j·· '.lJ' mutual bl;III.flt t'CLI1~\ilW I,·..,) b i, 1I1:Jdc VV::"J.blc t1:J n1::ltl,t1 ill '\X'f,"j,:.!.I. 1),.• ~ll uct~vitiu~ ••••• 1+ All uc t Lvf. t Leu t o (111' up Lnd on co Ln '.e natural vJcnlth in tlLlD farm,af fore~t~ it 18 int~ndedbut to tDke part in devclopine nn tianal e c on oray Hit:hin l'he s hor t e s t po s e Lb Le 1:ime, so thnt the ideals t a build' f; he l'en': jt1::' 11::~ b:\:? cd jl1~ I~ a n d pr-os pcr-ous c ommunl ty can be lml1lccli;.r.cly r-cnLt z c d , 'I'huc if deemed nc c e c ac r y the Govu'n [11entshcll'l~ivc the, I'a c Ll Lb Le e .uc cd c d , Fi11o.11y in c omp ou Ln g t:hi~ ..!"ct u t t c nb Lori ha s elsa been r:ivcn to,givclsomc principnl dcfinitionr: in o r-d cr- to a v oLd confusion in the. Ln t e r p r e t a t Lon , s Lnc'« up l~b. the pr e e cnb time, 0. lot of t c rm s not yet h.'lvin~· unity of ,cr)nnotc:t:ion c r c ctill us e d , ~nd the classifica~ion on forcst bcscdoll the passessinf, function arid pur-pos c s o f J-l1C f'.)):'ESt wh.i c h tha s been successively c onta Ln e d in articles 2, 3,und L~ is the clnss1.fico.tion vLcw e d from the social-economic a~pccf: a n d it:e 'UQC, OU16r clnssific:::-',tion baa cd , \ on sciences is n o t mc nt l on e ct herein. EXI)Li~!'\;'T.'iON i, T1TI'JLE BY ,<I Tn'ICLr.. : . . . -.~-- ... -~. j~rtic16 1 : 1. Ii' a :rc s tin t hi 2 j', etc ha 11 b f~ in t e r pr (;b~ c1 a G 0. sufficiently Inrrc fiEld ffrown with trUGD bumboOB a ndyor- pn Lms Hh:J tor'ether with the ).r',ncl 8.nd n.J.J. i t:o bot h Ln UlC f o i-uie of flora lis Hell un J.'f.liUnn, in it:'] entif-:,y c ons t Lt ut c s life c ornmun Lon, which 12 c o pa b L« to C,ivE production n nct protection b e nv r Lt e andy or- othc r- benefits evcrlnE!tincly. 'TIlle ml mmum wliB.th of.' t hc trees croHn 1CHlc1 is one fourth he c t a r e , o c cuu s c such Hide .fo:r(~st c an hnv e r-c a c hc d n 1:lfc c omrnun l.on b a La nc e n c ed cd , so tll.:-\t it sho I I b e able: I~.) f~ive bEIlGfitc I n pr-o d uc t Lon p r c t cc t Lon irrication system, Ln I'Lu cnc es all c11 ma t e and ot: hs r-s • ThG r1inisce.p s huI L rive d ec f s Lon in cast: 81' d o ub t, whether t h e ~nid field is 1;11<.: tor-c e t rc I'cr-r-cd ~o Ln l~his HCt. 2. Meant by forest products 'are thc products obtain ed fr:>m for€Dt, in the,forma tif S " . . a. florn rroduct.s, such as wood for utensl12, industry wood, fire-wood bambpo, rattan ~rns­ ~t~, ,"n<.1 other par-t e of flOI'Ll or Hilich :lro produced by the plants in thG'forcot, inulud in~r. t hc pr oduc t s in t h e forms of oil. b. t'n unu pr-ocluct s , auch as hunt i.nj ,'l.nimetls, rare a n.I maLs a nd or hc r an.rmu Le Or' the pr\:rt:.3 t h cr e o.C or t hon c produced: 3. li'Ol'f.C2t-r.y i2 U e c r r cs of activities p\;rforlllud, on -Iic bn s i c of e c l cn c c s and experience, ,h:!ving, i'Ol:'cs": 0:::: it's tnp; c t t o [;twrantcc ancl uPi::.P:l(!c the b e n cf'Lt in r hc e v er-Ln s t Lng wa y , 'I'Ire s crLc s of t hcs e. ac t Lv i t Lc s is a v o , in'the forms af ai.' Ci rlln'" Lon of.' f JP(;8 t , i'01:'631; nrrnlll~inf, C oI.Lec 1: lur forest proc1ucto, forest plant1nL, forest maLn t cnn nc c , ~wrccunrdinc forest. mnrlcctinc o f' f01'cst pr-ocluc t c , jlPoccs2inr: forest' pr")dl.lct:::, rC:1c:\rch, trn.lll,Lfli ~:l1cl ~:::J an.' 'Article 2 J1.rticle 3 .~ -. Bn sed on 1;11e pos s cs u Lng of f or-c s t ,« forest La divid ed Lnt o tvJO k Lrids .s I.-State For-e e c . is a LL f or-ec t a which' erov] on land which 1:: n:Ji'pt'opcrl.y Innc!. l,'OT'u'r /·}'OVH:' 'Jr' p1.nnt;t~r;l on land CivGn t;u t h e l.u h hn omoun .l\6l:~ioI1 wli~h the ri[sht to us e or tho r-Lrh t to mrma g e has .!;he e no t us -a s State F\>rG3t. ThuG, there is .no "martaU forest, region forest, "Swoprc\(ljn" forest and 30 on. 2 •. FI':)p<::r+;y For('~t i~ .fOl:'(;3~uro.wn or p'Lo n t cc! on the property land, orJinnrily called People's Forest 8nd cnn be owned by persondboth indivi dually as ~cll ~s together with other persons or Corporctc 30d~. Forest planted onone ' s uwn cffort2 on lnnd imposed by ol:;her rithts also c 9113 t- 1 t u t e e p1."'O pc rt y f or-c e t of t he ipcr-s on!',; or r~rate Body concerned. Viewed I'r-om f;heo.:.;pcct of the social-economic im por t anc c-i Ln vren er-a L, the c hn r ac t un- 9f it~ sur-r-ound> inf; na t U1.~e and other' c har-a c tel' s pee ifica1ly owned, on th~ bcsis of the functiJn, forest can be. divided 11'11::"1 (")Ill' lr l n dr' 1. i'l'o!;ccl;.Gd I'ul'e:.:!; tllC foreol; wl.l1ch 1m.:J na t u r-n L c crid Lt Lon in e uc h 0 wn.y tho.t its [ood influence on Land , its s ur-r-ounct.i n.; nat ur-c and il"ri£:f.ltion s ys t cm ,au/-hI: to be muLrrt a Lne d .arid pr-otcc t cd , If rrot;cch~d Po r-es t Ls diaturbed, t ha s forest shn11 lose its function DS the protector, it even s ha Ll c r-eu r e no t ura L disaster, auc h t aa flood, cr-oc i on , n nd oth e r-s .. hmonr the frotGctcd Forest, ,there i~ rarest widch dUG t;:) its nn t ur-a L' c ond.l t Lon within certain Llml t s so a orne ex t en- , the pr-oduc t s co.n Dt111 be hc r-vcs t cd, w:l.'l-hol\t cur t eLl f nr: th c I'unc t Lon ns Protcc1;cd" Fore::!t. 2. P""oduct:i:m l.i'O""C~t is HiG fort:st vlhicll both If;:;: na t u r-n I ·e"~H}(HI·Jon n~J vlcl1 DG i':8 c n peb l Ll t y nre in a uc h n \'l~\,Y f-11lll· J.I: C;'1] 1 .i v i: b unr.Li': in ppodl1c in/' ],.J:')(!, nnd ':)1-11l;1."' r:)1"'I.:·,~j: p r ocluc Lr , so l·hnt .l t c a n t-~li.l' p l n c c ctcrr1[111~T. 3. Na t ur-n I ji'()ri.'~i; i'ru!crvc=. i~J [tICJl~~~t j,rca ha v.i nj; .auc h nu r ur-n I o u r-r-ou nd i nr. thnt it 1[,1 very irrllr))~tant for I:;h\:; salcE o t' s c Lcnc e a and culture. [1':)1' t11'11; r-cn e o n , c u c h ForcJl: nrc: ouChl: f::) 1)(, ::pcCif.Lc:<Lly t r-ca t ecl • TltiG U~l':l\r:ll Forest; l-'rE!:::c)~v\.. i~ divi.d c d into Hell-ural frc:::crNc -n nd ':HlcHifs i:''!''c;2crvc, t h e mea n.l n i of uh i c h .11c.3 b e en s uf'f'Lc Lc nrLy c:q>l[lined in the nl'ticlE' c onc cr-ncd , 4. Tourism •••••••••• Article 4 iirticlG 5 6 L~. Tourism F'or-e s t is the I'or-e s t which dUG bo ouch a beaut-y, thnf: it has the capacity to 'be spec t « ficD 11y PT"'OIllO t HI for tho p)lrpOS 8S of t our-Lam ond/ 01' l\\lTlf~:ln:: "oUl',1 £JlII, 'PIL1.l.1 'l'our-Lom FOJ:'(}~t is (Uvlcl eel Lnt;o 'l"jurl~lfl ur-ou n« Ilnd llllflLlnc Ut'tJIlIlcl, LIII: meo.nill r' oI' I-Jhi c h ha ci b e en [J uffie Le otl y cxplnincd 1n ,r.he·'·ort:ic;Le c onc cr-ncd, Ow1nf'. TO itscondir.iol1, f or-c s l: cnn ~l!l.VC mor-e than ooe runction~. Forest .tlre8. 'ie.the rCf.ionwhich hC1S -be e n Crown with forest or not yet crown' wi ttl' forest" which has been d e t er-mLn cd 4-:0 be c cnv cn t cd Lrrt o 'forGst. The e nt i.r-c for€s,t urCDS Dret he rei ions villi ell in the Land-us e/ p La'nn Lnr. hove b c cny s hn r I b c determined ao t o its use;in,·fhe field :>f rorcstry, on. the basis of the demand and the int;Gre:::~ :>f the 'lndoneslnn community. ~he nmOL1l1t of the wLd t h of J'or c s t area a hou Ld be in s uc h a wIJ'Y thDt. tflCy ha v o au f f Lc Lcrib wic1l;ll arid cq ua I sprenclint·, b o t n for the' purposes of .pr.cdu c t Lon , prot; ec t ion, as well as for other punpo's c s , ~coordlnc to its Pllrp08uB, forasb can be claesificd into three Great classificctionoi viz : 1 • .i?ermanent Po r-c s t , is the forest, both wnich has been in cx te t e nc o , fH3 woll no thntsho.l1 be plunt; eel or na t u raLl.y grows in the l"or€st~ "'I'C['\.. 2. Re&crve Forest is the forest founc1 putsidc tho Forest. ilrcc,' of vJhj,ch the pu r pos c s has not been s~ipuiated yEt rndnoti~posed with proprietary right •. If nc edcd , r ht s HGf:c):,v,J Forest: C::111 be ronde into rermcnGn~ ForGot. 3. Other Fo r e a t ic r hc or(::21~ I'o u nrl ou t s Lclc r hc Fo r-cs r . .,rea a nd outside t h e ~cscrvc )/orcrt, for exampLe f:n:'c2t \ f'Junrl 00' pr cper-b.y La nd or land Lmpoe cd wl!-h o r hcr. rjehts. : l-ic.e been G~{T)lo~nc(l in f:llC Gcne r-u L E.x.pl[)nLlt;i()11~ 'ro cuarnntc' tll<: maximal "1nd mul.ti-pu.i."lJ~~': utiliz In l , in the r!~[11l1C o I' L:\l1c1-u8c!rl;~nninc Hll~ Govc r-n> rnunf shall rnuk e ; , '- dlC1.':11 pLan on Hie pur poe cc , c LLo t Lnr , e uppl y Lnj, one! ll<3inttof ;:\11 f or c e t .found in 1':he +:E1'rit:)",~y of ~~hc Hcpublic of Inc!}nC81:1, co Ver·inl} tn,:. ·ril'..lcl~ a s e Late d in sub tJ. up to e ub f of t h i e f~rt;lclc . ..tl:.! t118 ot-her b';llCf.:i..t:::-~lncl U8(; ,:)1' (':;1'/.::1- n:: rl.,{"Y'T'cd t o ill s ub f, if; can be rn crit i on e d , .~ •.) •• , ";1( rlcCcnc" 11j,1u\(/ c Limur c J.mppovC1ilcnt nur I)J e <..: s , c t c , The Re~i~ns which are in critical conditl~n cun be Ln c Lud ed Ln t o Fo r-es t i.rcn t o be c onv.cr t cd Lnt o I' or-e s t in the muLt Ls-pur-pns s wa y a , :10 that they s ha LL b'c ub Lc f:;:) PI~ ov 1<.1 e .r i e Ld s f:lr cnr-na n2' f:Jr the pc o pl IS Li.vLnr' nc.:'r-by o.n(l 1~a pr-oduc-e mn t er-La I wiuch may CT"'C~lj- C !U!1lC t ndus r r t u!. ,hrticlc '7 •••• i.rticle 8. '{- , .. .In order t:o n ch l c v c ~frort2 to ub I Li z e fQre~f; n:J t ns cr t cu in n r t Lc Lr: (j, nub , n upta s ub ·d, thin ar-r i c I.e c onrLrru cd Ul:'i; HIe G~jvCl'nmcnl; '::)l.l(11j~ t. o ~.!f;i­ puLa t e '~0 have i~onost HY'SO, U1e u i.d t h of which 8lJ.(111 be sufficlsnl; huv I nr c or-r-cc t situation o nd spY'~~::tc1'" in€;', oJthnt it can c qun Ll.y m(~ctthe·df~m[lnd 01.' 1:110 Lndonc s La n o ommun I t y In r h e forest. products arid o~hcr benefits. . Based on the s ocLnLe-e co noni i c demand of the Inclone s Lan community and c ons Lcl er-a t a on ac.on t h e phye a c a L, climate a nd irrlj:,of:;i:m s ys t cm consLt Lona , the mini mum width o f L.1rJc1 Whlchshaulc1 .b e ,nwinto.inGc1 0.3 Forest;'l~rs[lie estimated to be n ppr-ox.imc t e Ly 30;;; out o f t h e 'voJidth.af.tbE: lenel. . r. I . In c on j urib i cn \-J11:11 this pu r-poe.c , .t he Gov cr-nmcn t . aha Lf me lee n .!-,cn('1"l11 pl1 ning on' 0fflX'tninL faX'c3t wh i c h CDvcrs t h e e pcc i I'Lca t Lons nne! ul:'l~mlCY of' the o.1'1'irminr :>f ar-eas c1esiu)ntec1 foJ' 'F'or~;st 1..1"<;0.. 'This General p La n i n r. on the fore:::t n1'firmnt;i:m shall b e further' rccul:'1tccl by I-ile Mll)lsl~(;r, b:1 ob o cr-v i.nr; the Lan d-ius (~ pLn nrrln g t: i' .i pu La t cd by the Gov er-nmc nt LInd the Inl-l,rc~t oj'l:llC :lllhnbi+:r:lnbJ wh~) p8G3ibly' hi.1V6 to le[lvE Hlelr dWf2111nr p I ac c s ; a a the rG2ul'G o f the: said f or e s t Or":rt offlY'fllot;ion. Ou c oI' r hc r c.c an s Ld er-a t i ono in c1cl:E.rmlninC tho! Forest- i~rcn is 1:1:1u balance Df Loc a I nn t u r e , EHrlonl.1 t:hG r-a i.n fall, con dit.ioD of' r h e ;rouncl a nd the fJloWinr wnt:€l"~ For'f;hClElC rG['2::>rJC, it; ts bcttEtr that (")Y'cst rdCir ma ti on pLn no Ln, be rCi.111~.1tui In ac c or-dn nc e ,'Jil;iL the c ou r-s e of the river a nd as fnI' as po s.s i b Le a Lu o t o observe 4-.1110 a dmLn i a t r-a t Lv e rCf~i:.~n border. In the I'rxune of bUildinC the I'a n t jo.siln based jus t and pr0p~rou~ Ind~ne~ian CQmmunity, the c1i[gin[ of naturnl wenlth in the form ~t forest should as fDr D.~ p~)~~iblG b c ex e c ur c d thr'Juib. p Lann l ru. and i;hllt it: is nCCGD~'arJ to ex pl or« and mak e invcntnry)f all to r-est si t o dGtcrm~Lnc theprajec.ts in the field of f~rcstry,. in sht.; l·i~1~~i()no.l and 'averall mUDDI;;!,. h wDrlcil1l. plannini: s hou Ld be made f:Jt' every pr o j cc t Dr uncl crt ak.i.nj, uni.i: , (or a certain p"r:l.()c], 0.2 1-0 gUflraD!ec tlt€ c on t Lnu i t y .und 'oI'c1erlincG~1 in lll~~n;'i·inL. the ShIel rO~C3~ l,roup. . . . I Ta c ompcs c .1;1 wor-k Ln r plr~nninl, il; 12 nce\~2:J[\r~1 to make r:)r-(~sf; a orn.lni etr-o r I on , c :..1Vf~r'inl.- qh: HJrk~ de t crrn 1nl11 C f~ he . ('0 Y'C ~ t; b o r-dcr c .JrJC ern c: rl , ell v.i d Ln i' 1'::> '("<;:.s /- 1 n f'~) d i vi [:1 (.Hl~o u i' f i i..: III 8, lI1C;~::u-(·~n{!: n 11(1 llltdcinj, rna n n nrl s r ud y Lrn. l-I1C (;~)[Jd11:1')n of 1:11\: i")J'(;;:-lf: nnc.l Lt s v au r cou nd Ln gs and t;hc 3;.')c1nl-cc:)n::11111<; c ond.i bion of rIll:: pr-:)plc Ll v Lnj l..Jitllin the ur-ound 1:11c .r'J!"~3t; cone urnGGl • Ln cc n e c f or [l ['r'oul' of I' or-o s t , n \-lOI'kinrr pln.nnilll>~ hns' llDt b·:·cn stipLllntcd yc;t, 1:11.: mnrJ[1i~Uncnl; !'IH;r\~o1' 8 hn 11 b G !iI n d EO ant- h C lJfl sis 8.1.' n \-J0 r kill i :J C 11C IiF • 'Arti-cle 10 8 -:. This a r.t Lc Le s tLpu Iu t c s tile ob j ec t Lv e of. tile m~na­ ffl1l€nt;, of. riru:;t 'in the u Ld c s e ns e ::Jf the wor-d , mUllcly to o c h.i c vu the bcr::(-~fJ.t of forest aD bc~·t:· a a po:.J:?iblc;ln t. h e muLt.Lpur pos c nnd c on t Lnu oun nra nn cr-, b ot h vdLr-cc t Ly a s 'well Q~ indirectly. The mu~ugemEnt 6r th0 forest S1illll COVG~ various ac t LwLt Les 5.~ Lris er t ed in pnl'ncraph (2) sub Q. up to s ub 8 of' t-hie Dl~t;iclc, Lnc Lud i.nr. c onv cr t r nr. t hc wnste'1~nd into forest; . ro1cdnt with meaeur-i.n.: :':Jl"fOct 32 r(~fGrrE:c1 to in parn c,r£tph(2) sub f2. i!'! adm i.n.I s n cr-Ln g the border rucauur-« inc; and mnlcinr me. P unci off lc181 r-e c ord of 0.11 ar-ea which isetipulntec! n e FOl"G~t lLrea. r , mo s~1v~ tht pr:>blQmG found in managin[ fOrc3t, so Lu t Lon Eha11 be made t cc hru.c a LLy a ndv s c Le ntLf'L> c311y,1n the field of.forEst. To" me e t the d crna nd en :rD,inc~d mnn:--pow€r vih.o c an well per-f'o rm ~he dut Lcs Ln t he fi81d of J."orcstry, it is ncc c e s ary t:J o~~i':/),n.i.zo trnininc.~ b o r h in t hc sense of wOl"kinC Im:Jwlt:c1,r.,c arid skill Ln t.bc f'i c1tl of Forestry, as well as in the field of m€n~nl build-up, I'r om l-:h~ eLemcnt ar y Lc v e L up to the o.d varic e ,level. Besides that, it i~ nE:cessaryto ~iv€ guidance, so th8t":Fh6 people s na Ll, .b c aW'lre o f .th€, I'unc ti cn of f or-cs t for thr' en t Lr-c camml1nity,,;sQ that it ~lb.n11 cr~8te:'SE:n866j:',love"tv .lnd::mG:n'al.l,nuturrd bC~llty­ pur t t cu'Iar-Ly forest,'!"'.and r-cs pcns Lb i Lj t y to' pr-o t ec b 'forest 'n'E! tl:k rlljt:J.,")nrii \-J6;"; 11i11 , w},l1ch in f'n c t is the r-cs poris a b.i.Lt t y Of'l~Dcn citizen. '11h 6 af or-cment r on ecl t r a.i n.l n g o.n\l guiclnncG ~hallbc' executed tOGEther with the Departments concerned. To guarantee the rE3iizotion of efficiency in f o r e s t manar cine nt, I'or c s t r(~gi on shall b eel! v i.d ed Lnt o Forcs l- hr.1minlst-rnti:Jtl Units 'and For es t r'innu inc Uni t ~ n e one ldnmli~cm(n t unit. 'I'h c wl,d.l:h of t;hti un i t c ha L'L b« c1i~t;e.rminecl on tlUi basis 'of rcc hn.t oa I s'Jcin±-c':.JnDHlic c oria Ld cr-a t i on s ~f die :rq:iJ!1 c onc er ncd n nd a s far DS poa s Lu J.c it a Ls o ob e er-v e c r hc rdmlnis!'r:\riv\-" 1"Ci;~ion bonier. l\Int.ter~ r(~lf1t;i,;c1 IrJi~h I',lle Se.f:tinC')f-Uw cui d Un Lb n 8111111, be ~I:ipuhttccl r hr ou r.h t he l"€Culntion :)1' the i''1inist:cp. ~ l:Jitb. r~t'3rcl to ~:hc 80ci31 function of f or-ua t , it IS proper I:h[11- the manujume nt of j;-ropcrty 1~orl;2t: be executed by t.tic aWl1er,unclcr the ruiclDncs of the rhnis t cr. '[i'uptlH~r ::: c c . uc n cr-aj, Lx p.Lnna t ion. In: accordance ,with the. social function of f:)rf:;:.;t, it:' I s. c er-t n i n t-jmt-: the rtl! ~n[\ccmcnt of f':)i'(~st ::;f the lra})f.,rty F:~)r.C8.j.: ll1:l,Y IDt c o n t r-rid Lc t t h e I)UbliC in t cr e e t , 80 t na t m1.2111:'n~-", cli~cllf; .)1' l'rDpert:1 l"U]~';2t co n r.b e c ha r rcd ,,11th 1::1,,1, b o l.h in the ri(~l<.l .i I' .. cl rnlnistr:tt:i on Lau a n d (~ivil L£:l\~ n s vlcll [\8 Criminnl Law , after cu r-n.l nr 110[: IJCt.J1 ::?ui'ficicIli;ly L.i.'l';n. .. 9 .... i-\.rtlcle. 12 : In the I'r-amc ~f the Government's efforts t o Ci ve nu t on omy Fl::"I'Wlcle [\.8 p o s e i.b Le tJ the r-cri one , by (;')III-Jrl(:1'ln/ f'lll C-'I)f~ld,I.1I·:1 nnd cnpl'.(.::\I·:r 'If 1;11<; r c[' 1 on t.Lr 011 ell u0V ;...:r'lllil(.. 11 t·, nec u1~"\1-1 on , ,- he. Go vCl'! lI11ClJ t moy clE.IGH"\t:€ 1-:0 t-l~s neciJnn.l Lcc1ministrnti::>o same. par-r of i~he ~llf-h;)rity of thf: CJcntrf:\l Go v r.r'rimerrt in t 11 c fir: 1 rl C1 r F o r C~' try. But; :->win/ t;hRr. t.he r o r-c e t menru-crnerit (nclmlnistrn tion) b~ cnrri~d out as best nnd efficiGnt D3 pos sible, it tllcrGi'cn'c s h ou Ld b e executed in the n a wLd e a e pos s Lb Lc :t'eti::m, the Gov e r-nmenf rq~nrcls bha f f or c e t m8n~1€C111~nt c a n only be c oun t r.d f:))', if t h e rnann , Ct1JGnt oi',Forcetry be handed over to the First Gro.cle Heri:)l1. For those reasons, in the ReGions of SUlC\.W~31, lvInlukgl, Ba Li, vieet: I·Juso.tenLcaru, j~ust Nuso.tenccarn wher-e r lre ForEst manu icm c n t 1[1 j ur-Ldc n Ll y r at i.Ll. in thcho.nc1~J f S cc orid Grc~c1c ncci:.m and the "SwupJ'o.d ju II ou!.::'ht 1':0 b e d r-nwn to the I~ir~t GradE:: ReeiJn, as has b e e n effcct Lv e in .Inv a , Suma t r-a <and Ka Ld mnn t a n , Only for· COl1CS which c onc cr-n U1(; Nat ioriu L ini;o'u2r, dnd in c a s e of r he ovcro.ll plannin[, the au t hor i, ty r cma Lns directly 11<=:1cl by the Central Government. In 'c:.ccu1-inC .mu t t cr-s :J11 I'o r c a t r-y affnlrs, the Uc Ci::>l1[ll .i\c1minist):,nti:Jn shnll obe e r ve tile. direc~iv8s [1 'leo by t-he j'1[ini s t: cr . i,rticle 13 1~rtic1e 14 For-c s r mnnnC"l1\lnt; e ha Ll, be c nr-f i ed out. in [0)Jc11<1 way t:ll1l1~f.'rol11 II I-r~jup of I'or cs t , max i rm I end CJn tinuoue fJrcct pr~duc~s con be obtninGd, by means of rc-plr.nf- Lnr. , opu n i nr t'cfi::ms, and 6thl;1" c;ffortJ:J .. To uc Irl cv e pr-od uc t Lon t~n'[Gt which bOG b c c n fiXt:cl, exploitntioo, plantinG, maintenance of for~st Rnd ot-h~r efforts shall be executed 'In the basi8 of the workinc pLn nn Lnr' as r-c r cz-r-co to in article 8 p~rn­ graph (2). To mor c uc c c Ler-a t c til(; c ou r-s c of errt cr-pr-Ls e and to a cnt c v c ju s t and pr-o apcr oua c ommu nl t y , forest nJnl1Q celilent s h o u Ld be «x e c u t r.d u c c o r d Lng t o Ute princip les of ma na CEtnCnt , by cmphe a Lnr: t h e pcc pLc IS d cmu nd and vi orkini;. s ph..r c ') I' i; he cnt cr pr- il3 (0. TJ e na bL G t o ~ uperv i s c n nd c oor-d Lria tel: he eli U j.nc o f nnt-ural wealth c\.s maximally as possible on the basis of the cv c r La e t Lru forest us na t i o na I capital, forest mnrw,:~(:mEl1t should in fnc l' b c cx c cu t e d by t lic Gov c r nmcnf i t e c Lf , bath the Central Ll:J weI1 an 'l1ct;l:om:l,Gov€i."rJlil<::nt. Ikv(-;rthelcss, 81;[1f;e Lnt cr-pr-a s c , Regional BnterprisE:: nc well as Private ~ntcrrrlSc c a n be /.iven with the rl{"tlt to mnnaj-c f o r-c s h , in seller: j"hat f:hc h oLd c r s oI' the said I'll 'hi; nrc ob Li.r.cd to ma i nt.nLn .the I'unc t Ion or Eor e s t: lind to P):'ol~(:d:­ it a s r"Ccrr(:d r o in c\r1:iclc 15, unci 1;0 ob e cr-v. the T'f~qui1"'E!'ll;nl-s/pt'~)vi[;~'Jn[, ~1:Dtccl .Ln the d cc.i s i orvo.c t c onc cr r t n. t-lll' J,rr'.ntin,· of the urid er t ak i.nr- rilL!: c Joe l'.rn'C:,c1. In ndJi~~~n •••.•• 10-· In nddi tion tr) Lhnc , in ;:r[tJlti il;; l'i:',h.t 1;01' land undcr ti:llcint:; pur-po a os j . for c-::lJ.l'Vlc f'or: 'c sbut e o and ri:)lli l;() op en lard in the l'CSC1'V.J FOl'e q,:l; for l1r;;r :[iol(l f1.1rj;lii.l[~ and iili!·;ra"cio;'l pur-po s c a hy thO' alJ.thol'ity, con:Jidcj:'I.l'Cion ahouLct 00 f:LJ~[]t obta:i llc<.l :[l'oHl H.cr:ir)1"lal l"f)re~1"Cr:~~ Service iLandu tJ C Cou no j.J. Article l~j: FOl'ostr:r' ?rotGc t Lo n :L~J not o.nlT dirGc'cod to i?Ol"'lill1ncnt Fo r-o e t , bu t io also Cr)VOl'::! HCsGI'vC 1"'o1'c3t and o'cher Fo r e s t a .. lkccssury S·~Cf.)3 ourhL 'i~o be tnLcn I:i.:~:d·lst :Lorcst c1a·· lill1f"';OS c nn sbd by dl'y-·ficld fl.U"111iJ1." und n:i.:ld t.:l1ding and firo 'which crcrJ.tcc1 \'J.'1S-CC Land a.nd fiGl(l of tall :;rll.GrJ! f~rU.DS clliofly ()vt:Jidc Jav[1. as "'(;11 us :lgaillst forost dDl,]a!~C8 taJcJn!': place 1J1 Java which hus much oau s od I1U1~l'nldioustcr~ Po.raCl'nph en of tl:d,o'3 ..:lrticlo c o nf'Lr-ms ' that 'chc dU'l;y to protoct f'o.r o s L i:\ 110t .iu[J"C 1~;H"' <.111[;:101' tho G()VOj,',l illcn'l:;()ll.1y J ~)l.lt it :Ln thc<lnc'./ ofthG (,'j1t.ix'(.; 1}0oj.,llc, du c thri.t 'tho fu nc tiU'l of fOj,~ost c o rrcr o La the 1:L;i~(J o f tho'TI1[t.ior:Lt~/ of thIS pco\?lc. Article lGc 171 Wild 11n 1101.11a 1;1lr.:L(~h a.r.·(j dOl; ,..li'ol;cc tr;(l cu.n he hn nbod , Aniiuals, htvt"l;il', [\h0111c1 be arrnl1., ;od 11."1 SUCrl 1J. 1,-rn..y t~Hlt thoso mliLla1s s]l:J~l ovorlas·i.,j,u·l:,,- Livc mn..:;;:i:.lal "bcdofit for tho Pl"oG~)cri"i;y of tlt:..: ) ,;f)l)l o , Dillon tIli:> , J',1L1,l;'[;eJ.' uhaLL ',c :Jl,bJiI:ittod I)~' tllC (;oV(Jrn.iilm1t. Bo s Lde a "lAh(; .lG:';~.slD"Cj.Vr: Law, 1'.l' a d i 'c :Lo l wJ . · Lavr 1ii stLl.L cffoc '~iv» in' :J(}l,lO parts O.CLIU'JllOsin". a , 6"~ on oi?Clllnfj forea:!;, c.q:l;"l;lcIJ tCillLLl 'J hn ntLn wild Ui:lii:lalD and. col.... LcccLn; "clw .fO.l:'C.:.lt P,l~o(.lucts.' LJ. :U11pJ:milcnti:rl;', local 'l'r ,~" t' .. ' 1 L 1 L" I. ' 11' "uua, 'lOl1l1 lJ..VJ; .as. on..·.;aq ~ "C,'1.3 ',S'Cl' , l11 C':;;:J.S·CCllCO, it Hl\.UrC 1)(] j,utintui.L1sd. tJ,la:l;:(\)'cC'$t dm,uir;o should not tul'::G p Lnc o., (,HC)' thn:i; JCI 1,0 '1l~)l'(; ilO1\Jor'Uml'G '·hSjl(;:C:i.\j o f tho foi;os'bin :[;ho :rid!..,], of (H'rHinc t ..i~n1 ai:ld:, tllfJ f'u nc tio n to r~iVI) pr-o tee t Lo u shall 1)8 (l()'tlihi'Eihil1G·.. ~ . . .. .", . .' , .. ' ,-! f":·- .' -I '.:. . mdl(1 i'O("';'):ll I''lr cl l l' " l'JIM;)'f"lj, "1.'1- l'",.,.·1·111 Ln 1"""i M "\" l ' [(, ( '... ' •• J .J.. .I.."";s - .J" . .' •. . 1 . ~. L,)'V l .. ./ •..•• ' ~".t J • r (]Jil.<:,d, nn 1;') 1)(; no '.:nowl r.; (1 ~ "0 rI,J 1)11. t ';;11"', :lH()1 (;idG1! :~: '. L;:Lo i 1 ahoi- Ld l't:; in D.GC1il',jallCG w:i t.h th,r: Hal;io~1;}.1 j,jl(;CJ.'O:;·(; :uKl n<l.~T not cf)ritrn.d:LG t tl"1.tJ hj,' Il.cr Ac t 11.11(; oU·f.".' I,cWi:11n. cLvc l~C :~:HlatjJ)n.. 'I'hus ;I. ten; ino t: 1(; .jll ui;:i. r :i.e; d , if i.il.' r; 2.'cl~;i() a 1'i: ~hL; () f a local 1'l'o.rlitiull:'.1 Lo.yr cnj'l!llld, t~( h(; ltDGl1 'i;rJ hiw"lcr tho l'(,ali7,ntioll ,,):C' l;] 10 : ;GllU':ll plo.tm:i.Jlr'. ()f "l;llC ((lVc.;.' 1tole) t I;) c.:·:~\ to l'c;jrJct ';;110 ()!)(;I[j.ll, fJ:;.' r()j.'r.'~lt iit a 111J.'1:;0 :3cn.l0 f()j,' big lJl\f)joct~J or:Col' the jilir~c~l,tioh':.lUrV()~;C8 11.w l 8') O:ll. It call Jl(Ji,tllm' [11.': jllni;iJ:i.(!r[ 1:·.... i;]t(; j,'(J.'.10il J.':i.:ill; ~)F; 1l.DC<i aa a 11l'clJcnno Fu1' l;11(; l',e:.tl f,l'l~/.l~lj,ti()n J-J!lV.r Gil)'" r..Q.lllity to 'it)Oll J\)l'cnt GI'\1.cl1:~r. " . SCG i'ul't;lET (':';:,JJ:IJ la l;'t,., d 3.11 l;C wr'al ~jtl!lfliVltion. Al't:Lc lr; ]. D••••• 11 .ArticlfJ 10 : D()~idosi.;h(;d.r clld;yl;() 111n".1r..l(~G :[0).'r-]3t, CC2.i.'tll:Ln F()J:'(;atr~r ~):t'ficar8 have t)~c' duty t r) p i-otincL :i:01'(![J'i;, nrJ l'C:f'r-.:rrcd to in ar [;icl0 1'.;, Fo:c tllat rrJI1.1011 J tbone ():l.'fioCl:'Cl, " bcoic1.cc. U1(;5.1' <J1'.ty nh:Lcl1.~.)(jn..r· tcc:!.l;.1:i.cal GJlUl'QCt(;I'S, aro uls() i :i.VGU 3l)CG i ......:1. poil-:Lco un th()l·:i.l;~T J the: :L!ilplcl1l(inta. t:iJ) 11 of,· wh.Lc l: 31H.lJl bo Jointly l'cI).lla. t cd- :)~:I tIle 1 ini,'] t(;.'.' arid Mini:JtGrjC ·in"C o:~· 'i;llc: r'o Ld.c o Force, In, CG1't:l.:l11 l~O:·.:l.IY'UJ, ~.l~.)(iC 11.1.J. 'I.Jol:i.cc dn'i;:: onn. ()n1:.' L)() (~iVOll 'co Fo).'ol1tr';( ()ffiGcJ.~:J. ' '''0 .,.")(:r>r'J 11IJ;-]1·,., ;')"·'('){.(:nn ()f' "'C·'I··I'1·l· 1',' I·Gl·1,,: ('l'1·1;11"l.'1J c a.ic-l. vl..-\ ...... '. J' "'I.: .• ;\..I ... ~J".~ #~I;'.J .... lI ... l., • . IV" .... . .Jf~tJ ....... intl.tc fic:ld, () f Fnl' Ci3Cl':-,r tl1,(;'ilc ::;pGC j.o.J. 1!'JliC c ai, ::iC;ilG<l o t'f'Lc cr s c au 1)0 lliJ\JoinLcd 113 Deputy r',la.(;istrato. Article 19 ~ Self ]il;;:plo.na.tory... Articl0 20 F'ol'03ta vrhLch huvo lH]fFJ. o'c:Lpu.J.f1tcd aG l'Cl'.,Jallcnl; Fo r cn t , Ylild-lifc l)l'(J:J(jrvo~ arul J.bi.;l·ll'al J.)j,'G8Cl'VG 1)'';] Jell r] <:OHI- p o t.orrt AuthcIJitic::J j bocli br.l.3cd o n UOVCl'l1iilCH-C Or'rlLnunc e and HO;'~J.lation of tho l~Srrnprrl<l;jatl 'effcc-:..:ivo bC:::Ol~C tho ismuLlc (J or 'i.;!.lis 1I.c t . O).'C rC/IJ..i'(lc<l <13 huv.i iu , bC{JJ.l :::t1· pultttcci, :ia Forcr,tAroa, w1th'tho pur'p o ao a und function llccor<lill;'; to tl.t.; stLpuLat Lo n uhcr eo f . Dcs;l.dor.l that, :L't; vlOrth rc,Jllo"ll)c.i.'i:i.1: th.~t l,Y)3t i?a.l.:·i~ of na:cu,rll1 forcs'l; ou t sLdo Java luia not ;)CGLI s t Lpu Lat.ed as J;i'9l'"'Ost .l\J.... ea, Nf;VOJ.'tllclrJ~J."l j in nc c o.r'tlrmc o p:Lth 'lihc fl.lllctiJ)n r , (' fnl.'('r.d; U:J' t11.8 oourc C {If 'lla.tn.;:·ulwGa.l th nll:Lch :i.:; VO"', illp'll''t;aaL; for natLonnL ceo no •.n.c dcvolor)}i)cn'l; tho:>c :forest::; shonLd be P.l'otoctccl; j;lalln:~od anrl ll-Gll:LzfJc1by the COVGl', liilCll!;, .J\.r'ticle 21 ~ scrr cx'l)lnl111l;ory. sm.' J.)L:~~:0~]:TTI\Ir;:· OFFICIAL OAZ',:~TTg OF l' If::'; Il'~J.)TT;J LI C 0 F I j'iDO H!-'; 3J;.i\ NO~ :2 823 ....... 4-0000000 •.• ' .:.... 2 :, "'- . . . . ~(2) .•..~{"Fvre~t Pr-oduc t a" art natural thi ncs 'produc ed from forest. ',(3). nF~l:I"e~try" is the ac t LvLt Lc a r eLa t e d with forest and the management thereof. ; .(4) ~ tlForest i"r€a u. is. the certain ar-eas which by the Hinister r.ine ,'. maintained as Pcrmnncnt F:JI"€~t 0 : (5). IIThe'Hi n.i s t ern Is' the Hlni~t;c r cn t r us t eel \oj 1 th Forestry affaire. ;' (2) • Based on the owner the Minis~er shnll declar~ forest as : "State F~rGst»is tti~ iof~st a~co and forEst crowinr on lund which is. n o t : imposed \OJith pr-opr i e t ar-y riGht., "Pr-oper-t y Fo r-es t " is the forest i.,;rovJin!· on land .which is im posed'with proprietary ri~ht. . . 1.rticle 3 •..; ;, Based on its function, the Ninist er s ha Ll, stipulate State .;For€st·a~~: ,~' '.. . .. ;l {:t·:..... · <~.. • ~ •. . 0'" ~~\.~ " • , ~ ~. - "0 f.(l). IIPr·~t.e~t6d·For~sttl is/thE? forest area which' due 'to':its n~tural charncter'is ,d.esiCn'9-tcd t o nr.rnnl,:f3 irritnti6n, to pr-cv cn t,I , .., flood and erosion and to rnn Ln t a Ln .1ancl~fertil!3. . i (2). "Pr-o duc u.i on Ii'o,rest ll.. is forest ar-ea desir:nat~~l .for p~?clu·ci~.g '.. f::>l'€st pr-od uc t s to meet t h e demand of the comrriuru.t y in i?;CnC-' ral and for deve l opmun t , indus tr y and cxpor b in pnr t LcuLar , (3). "Nar ur-a.L Forest j,)resr;rve" is the I'ores t nr-e awhdc h ovlint.' to its nature is socially c1esi{natecl f:Jr natural·life protection and/or f:Jr other bencfi~~, viz. I a. Natural FoX'est; J'r-c s cr-v e , which v11 til regard its specific natural, incluc1inr animal life [l,nd plants life, OL1vht to be pr-ot ec t ed r or the ~a.kG. of sciences and civilization,' to be c aLLe d "Na t u r-a L I'r-cs er-vc!", .. . . b. Natul"al FOrest Pr-es er-ve-which is' s t f pu La ted as the pluce for t:he wild-life, hav l n g t s pec i.I'Lc value 'fJr sc t enc cs and ,~ivilizntlQn nnd con2ti~utln[ nntional wealth and pride, . ,to be called "\-Jilci-lifo .i:'rr'cervc!l. ~(4). "Tourist Forest" ii ,.the fJrc~t ,aren specially desicnatGd to be pr omot ed and maintained for tourism. nnel/or, t ou rd s t e-hunb Lnr: purposes, viz. I ~. T:'}Urist F'orest pos~~S~i~'C i1Dtu~8.i benuty,"Sotll i'lara.hGauty, fauna ben ut y , as well :"IS HIe natural beauty itself, have the ~pecific nriture t6 ~c uflllzcd for recreation an~ cultural pur-pos es , t o be cnlled:"l'ourist~·GroLUlcltl. b. Touris t F or-ea t wi thin whl eh hurrt 11'i[' an.IrnaLs 'are found whLch en~b16a to have rtt·ulnr· huntH1r:·;for.' -r-cc r-e a t Lcn pur-pcs e s , to be cnlled t1Huntln[ Gr ound!", " .• ...... ./ Article 4. (ll. In accordance ,.lith the pur pos e s , t h e Minister s ha Ll, 'dei:ermlne F01'6~! t ~~ren. viz. S D.. area h80 vi.n r f::> r-es t whi ch OUCht tab c ma Lnn a Ln ed as per-ma-s ,.a;., :.. ' nen t I'or-c s t; :;:.'.~. . \..*".... ..' .. ~ ,>:.' <'b~'n,:m-fore8t ar-ea far whicll r.c-forc~try oUGht to be mad e and. ;·;L.'. ' . :\ maintained as permanent forest. . ". \. ::,(2) .-·~For63 t found wi'Ul1n t he Fares t J.ren Ls It Per-munent Forest \I • (3)'~ ·.··Forest found out ad d e the r or es t area, for which the purposes .' have- no t been s t LpuLa t ed yet Is ltft'orest Rce errve".• ~(4) .' Forest found outside t.he forest nrennnd which i spot the for~3t'resGrve i~ "!the Other Forest)'. ,; ; . f.rt lcle 5. .' allot InG and [~va benefit and the mar-kc t I nr, t~ fl11 t;Gni;rnl and par-t Lc u.Lnr'Ly industry and Gxp'Jrt • t he people I s enrnlnl~, the Republic of Indonesia, . adm tn Le t cr-ed by the State: ' refel~red t~ in par-aernp,h- . CfL~ I'TE21- }:~~ FOREST fLi~NNING.-------- ----..... l.rt Lc Le 6. i\' ~,<l). 1.11 forest 'Within the territ')ry -af t\'.~··;:lncludin[ the wealth c on t a Lncd are ;J?) ~:'Th'; S+:ate's ni[hi.; to a dmf rn.at cr- as t:'::'.···(l.) .dele[otes authority to S /.; a. Btl pula t e and rer1ula t s the plannin[, purposes us inr. a f f area t, in Ldn.c with its runc ti on -to to .the Peaplcand the State. b. Regu~ate the management of forest In its w~de senSE. c. StipUlate and ree"Lllatet-he juridical r-c Ln t I ons between person and corpornt£ bady with forest: nnd rB[ulnte the juridi.clll d ec d s on f::n:'€sr.. ;..- .., ~i:\ 1;",':'" . ~~r :·. ~ .~''''',' '" f.-:,;i.;:·~~e·~Govel:'nm.ent· shcLL ma Ice a ,~enGral planning on the purpoaea , ~a:llotihg, supp'l y Lng vand us Iru, of for est in . the multi ':p.urp.oscs arid ~eve~lnstin[' ways t hr-o ucho.ut t he terrib:J:r'y of the Republic of 'Inda nes.La for the Lnt e r e s bs o f' S .~ .~; .• .". ~.," I • , . • ~.; .. a~ Regulut int i rrir.at!;m s ys t em, pr-ev ent i nr; f'Lo od and. cr-os i on ;~·.:nh9 maintnininc,lund' fertile .. ·· b. ?~aduction of forest pr~ductiJns . ~.. l'~ll the demand of t he public in far the purp:Jses ofdGvelopm€nt.~ . c ~ :.:'he var Lous kf.nd s oI' eour-c e~:.t for 'within and around t he fore~t .. ;.' .. . d. Pr.ct ec t t on to na t ur-aL life and s pec i a L life t'Jr the in teres!: of, s c Le nc e s , c Lv Ll.Lz a t Lcn and natural defence, recrcnti:Jn and touri2m. . . e. :r-1it:rn.~i'Jn, ogriculture, cs r o t cs and cattle breec1inc. f. Other mattGr~ ,wluch are bGn~ficlnl for the Peaple. Jlrticle 7 .... ,'. --. ;"l ~j~ ~~' . v: ~ . •..~ • ;. • I... f:(l). In.orslct' to lm:~'W.thG natural wcait:h capitnl in,~llc form of ~.~ }~fare.s~'r,hroup-tlOut r.hc terri tory of' l;h6, Republlc~r -Irid on eu Ln , ?.:,: forest inventary shall be made far the ,int cr-e s b of plann1ne : S. '" th~.F:orestry d e vc Lojm ent projects, in the national and oV~l"[\ll r·~·.··' .manner , ".... . . " ~:~.., . '~';';'. -'" " . '; . . . . ,. .J • . S·:..(2). 'For,' the· ev er-Las t.Inr, ;~.£~d :t;~'~'c.1E::rly mnm1c€mentof' certain forests, , ;, ,it·1s ncc e s s ar-y t J compos''[; a wJrlcint:' plnnnin[j or workinr.~ , . echcmc for' c ertuin PCl"). :)(1 of t Lrne wtl1 ell should' be l)rcc acted b:r " ,iL, forest su~v,ey. ' ...,-' f"<' ", '!;,', ;';, -: .. I ' , \ '~'. .<lre'ic 1 G;: 7. ";', ( ... !. .' " . ! ':. r I ~~·Jif":Td,tUo.t'antee ,~he obtnininl, '~f the'lila'x.imul benefit of the, .-:' .,' "forest in"tl1.G"€iJtrl'!..\:~I:j,nr;'8CrJDe no r-c i'or-r-c d t o in ar-n Lo Lc 6 ~,t,~,·',·' . nub n up t:,· d, c cr-r u t n pee i:lll:.! t:hn:;Ll"b(i '0(~1:dl'ndned ,[.).0 roreul; i~t ,.,a,::eas, ,with' surriclcn,t.' wLd t h un d cDr:ect sl,~~~ti,~,~'" ' ~'.( 2). Th~' d e oLd in r: of f'o r-es t n r-cn n s referred to in' .pnpncr8.ph \ 1) !.?~;. ',sholl ge made 'by the i-linlB i;(:;l', by :)bservinc land-usc 'r.lltmning as s·t:;l.ptilnted:','by t:hE G~)VGrnmcnt:. ~"'; (~)'. ~1'1lC'(;It:\lcl d~Cl~l:'~~I'f~,t>n'r'cd t o in prtr:ar;ro.ph ('2) :tS..r:1Qiedf, ..on : , .... ,.gen.~rol. planninc on '!'Jl"Gst'cJntaininc: the cools, 'spec ~C[\.:. ~7 -,','t·ions and urr:sncy ojf, t~he nffirmntion o f t hc ' f:>rest'uren., no be fux-the)" used AS t:he ba s I a f():t" c oneLcl ci-n t f on in dctCl"ll1ining: l:'r:Jt ec t Gel 'pj,!:'cs t; , , l,·r:)d uc t:i::m I,':Jr cs t;, Nn l; p l~'q,l' For es t <l'r GS or.ViC ond/or Touri~t FJrest. ' , .'. "j '-": • .~, -\, " '\ :: . ~: , ., ", ' . Q.!iJ~.!:!!EL I ~I.!. ON Millf;, GING ,POnES'r. . , . (l}.,,).?OI',e~t,nlQn['.[;in;:-ent ,isJ,ntendecl/t,) ac hi evc mlpcf-n~r' benefit, in t hecmul t Lpur-poa es and e v cr-Lo e t t nr: vlUyt.J, directlY"';)!" Lnd Lr cc t « ~y'in t he. e'frarb~ 'b o devElop l'nnt: jasila. bns€cf"1'just and pros p er-i oue Lnd ones I a n c orumuria t;J, ,:~n t he basis of' L~t,neral pLnnn in(;'and~ workintr p l o nnl.m: as referred to in: articlcs 6 and 8. , .. " ,. ,'. ." . (2).' 'rhe,:.~ct.ivit'ies.to manai.:'c .f')I'cst n s r e I'cr-r cd. to':in pnrngro.ph , (l}"shall c~ver"; " " • I ,C\.'- "rr; rOF u La.t e:~:a~d i.mplement t he prot ect I .in uffirmn tL:m, s ur- .. , · vey" pp~motlon and mqnaeement of forest and rc-f~restry. '.. b. '!'o manur:e Na t u r-a I J.i'orf:st frcsGr'lu, and 'ro'tj'rlsm Ii'ol'<;ql:7o.nd. ,to pr")m~t,Gwild-Qnimn12 and hunt Lnj;, ,', \ ' . .'. ~~:. T;o carry out, f'or-co t invctlt;nry · J.J ., . d.,:-,To make; r-e e ezmc h on i':Jrcuc and r)r'c~1; PI'o~l1J'cj;::'l ':. d the l.we ,,', ond benefit" to I11flkt rC::1cnrcll ;.:>11 1;118 social':,-~eOJjlOllJ,i.c n.spccts . uf the people \-111\) live l/JiU-rl.!) ,01'" ·nroLllld the ,forent. \ " ' ,.. 6. To nrrani~'E oncl ~rt:all,l.~~, CUldnn'cc nnd trailHrlF~ ',in thE; f1(31c1 ' 'Qf, f~re:Jtry.,' ", ..- ::.:' , .... ~' .. , "n', ;...... , , f.",. ," r ilrtic16 10 • (. 5 ,r, ..,..... ~' l ....: ~!;1j'f. '\' . ':..., .'> l~rt i G3: o 10.' i'.;,.{l) •..,.T:>:F-unran·te€ the r€alizf.lj~i::m.of ..the manajremcnt ,of Sb n b e l"o~est (".~..."';' as' b€~t· as possible, Forcst-rlclminist.ro.ti::m Units arid Forest \:f Mane,C€Tl1€nt; Uni t s s ha l L: be s c t up, the implemento.tl::m of which l'\:~;- ShO~l~b~ r ur t her r-e t:;ul a t Gc1 by the !'iinist er.· \ l . . l.';-l;:t:i~,P{?<·~'·::'·- \. .,:.' .: ,i. • i'\' r tic.~ p :11 • . " ~~J,:,:.c:t;t~·j:g;~6;:magaE€mint of Property'. FOr.·Est sheil be €xecuped'bi the , 1;-:<\Y,l;~;L\?WI;ler,f und er-vt.he guidan:f2 i '(lEthe Minister, by cO~,siderinG th~: t\):·.>.;provislons s t at edif,n t:lufi 6hD.pter, Chapt er' IV and Cha pt er- V.' ...... :,- .. ',.', .; .,.. " • .- ... J ,....." I J ~X~(2) •. Nana€E;ment of ir-opcr t y F'or-e e t executed in manner-cc ont r-ad i.c t « r::iC\·.··~. ing the.pr0vi::ian;sto.t:ec1 in.I)o.rnrrnph (1)1 and the .public in t}:'I:::'- .:t~J'est is s ub j cc b ·to be e umm oned before the c our-t ..;· [!;~;l":~.::: .. '\ ."~'.~'<-~ ,,::. \., hrtiC·~~··12. .'" .'., .....' " " , F;··:·'~ Th€j~(mtral Govcr-ruuent l1lf:l.y~i~lGLo.te some part of- her- .nut nor-Lt y k;in.,., t ll~ -fie.ldof Po r-cs tpyt.o the, Hegi ona L l~dminist:ratLon tllro.Ll[)l f"4:Go~e.rnmen~,::·.R6;Lul ~tLon.•, 1 • • • '. " •. ~~.\ : ; Ii ........,.. ,. , '.~ ).:~' ! . . lrL':-,. ..... £LU..;!.:L0k-.,(1Y!. . r·, '. ... . , ' I ~:T\:~:.:" .. '\ , - '. orr 4'On.""S'I' 111'}{ l""I!.;t'!E~imr·;-.', ' '. --: ~ ..!~ -:.. ~-.~ -:.. .l..::...!. ~1?:~; )..' ·1·~·. . .:' 1.rt i',c,l C 1). ~.Z~;t~t. Po r-aat; .mane gemenn .is Lnt ended to obtain arid increase the ~,~~\,.,.-,;p.t'oduo~i:>n o f .f ~res t· pr-od uc t ~ for ,the c1 cv cLo prn enf of na t Lonu L ~*.:;';': .;, .... econ omv and f'o r- ·the welfare of.. t;hc people. V~:(2).• ~ For~st.·manacem€nr..shnll be pc r-f' orrued an t;he basis of forest ~%:~\c:; ..eve.r-Laar iilt ; prine iples a nd the prine iple~ :)f mo nugement , in k' :'" ac o or-dance- wit 11 the wor-k.inr plnbninr- or vJOr1dnr:: e c heme an " .: , referred teo in ar-t Lc le 0 and s ha 11 c over-! .plo.n t"1.nl',, mn Ln un.ln « I: ,1nr,. har-v es t Lnr ~ 'proces~ini and ·illarkef;in.c th(; f')r'cst pr:x) uc t s , ' I.'· I.,., .•\- ' . J.rtiGIG l4y' ~rrr; . . " f'(l),. On t he vpr-Lnc Lpj s the 1"Irtnnr-elHcnt:;,r State Forest shall b c ;: c ar-r-Lcd out by t h e St:r,j-c rind peef .r-mcd by t ho, Gov er-nmcnr , t.bc>. Ccn t r-nL us \oJl;11 :13 I:hc :kL'L>/lr1 ;"!11I1ni~,r.I'alii.cm, bn nc d OJl tile j' ".e i - cr r cc t Lvc . 1 , >(2).,,., '1'11e Government may j oLn t Ly ..lith ',tnathcr pnr-t y IioLd j ol n t Veli , t,.l·rl~,in the :'lcld of C)pcstry, (3),'. C), ," . (4)., l't1./ ::It; on l'orl.,~t· ji1;nni f;.I'I\'.I,t· mn:! bl:, crnutccl to;'>t.::'.tc I!;nt;u'princ, "1,:, 'l" <)11'11 li'nt-"!"'jl'; "( '-.'" ,"'Lv'I:"" ::'II'·C·· ..... r)~l· "';• I '. ,.' '. tA.. ~ .J \.".. ..l.. • :., • I I, ~ ( .......1. L .J. .'. - ..: v. . II'" ., "1" ~ r t: . ~ '. I . I f' 1 I' 1 i -)'.. '-- :... <.: 1,lD,.. '-,·l'. 'C::': jl ~l:~ T'L·.crrec ~·~.1.11 pnracrnp1:' \J. :~1\li (L~) of t~;.,rUG1·" :.w::ll [)r: further re/;ulntcd tbroui)l I' l'r" "nm ~nt· 1} .-. ~,., J' ,1 • ' ,J. l;;" LtC, 'Cb....p ·-.l ..lU p <.: ll:l> 1'1.'E 11 V~ '. ON T'll0-;E~:/l' }'~O'l'Y':C'f'ION ....----,.... - ...- --"--"' l.f (1) li'orcD t; ••• : " : ,- roo:' ' l~rticlt; 10•. , (1) .. Forest: oU6h t I::> be 'proteoted,' in order that it oan e t er-no TI y fulfill' its funct: ion n s. t'tfcrr,\~d . .t 0 in o.rt lela 3• • "." . • • a, (2)., For6st. protection shull coVC'r:"Ul(:' effort~ : a. To. prevent and r~st;:i:ct .. r'~r(;s tnnd f or-e st pr-oduct s d arna r.ca , c auscd by n').e.c16€c1~ of rnnr:, c at b Les , 1'11'l;, ne t ur-n L disas-· ter, insects and clODC::\SC. 'b/~Tot'm~iii£a1n-nncl·.)tE:ep t hc rl'Lhts o f the State,'oll forest and .. f':)r€st'·i)y.6dUbt~ •. ;· '; " - '... (3) •. To lu<l.~p.kt§;tl1e~',f,~~lj.Z[~tl?n.or r?is 'i'~'r€st .:p~oteotion as b8st as possible, the p(oplesh~ll be mobillzed~ as rov their per-f 1e ipa t lo'n: . ..' , , . : (4). The implementntion' oI' these pt'c,vis·l::ms stotGclin this article' shall be further, r\,eCu1b.ted through Gov cr-nmcnt Regl,llntion • .. ' . .~.' ". -'r., • . . ..' ( ~ ' .,":1 .".•• . ",', ':,,;.....::' il.rticlc 16·.' ."" .. ' ',v····' The-hunt,hl[ of wild.... a ntma Ls 21:1n11 be reLultited t hr ou gh Lcgis lat:iv€ 'Re[lulot:i::m,' by :observinr' r.heJbjectlvGs o s a Lr-ua dy sbipulat ed in: this Act. Article 17. " ~ '. The Lmp.lemcnt a t Lon of t hc. rl/:'ht3 of t h c c ommuni.t y , trndit;L:m ,al Law, its membe r s and the indi vlc1un1 rirhts to obtain the benefit from tli~ f·Jrest, both directly and t i nd Lr c c t Ly , wh.i ch bna cd ::m a juridical .rcC:u1[\t; a or; and in I'ac t: 8.X'C still in cx i e t enc e , may not . disturb the acnf evem ent, :>f the ob j eot Lvc s 'as referred to in thi~,: ~ ..c t • .:- . . . .'. , .. • \. .1 '. • • ' .. '. -, To uunrcntee the "~E~lizntior; ,;i' foreet' arid Forestry proh;ct- ' i;)n,speciGl p oLf c c a ut h or-Lt y s ha Lf, be (ranted 'f:o thu~'Ol.'''3tl"'Y officers, in line vlith the nature of their worlc. T.ti.~ iIl'lPicmentati''Jn O-f.: U~e (rr.-..ntin:· or. this authoru ty s.h~'IL.· be ,jalntly ref,uia-ted by the 'Minif~t:cr arid I'hnlst.er/G-in-C f)f the .Pollo G Force. I . i.)E]':l, L 1"'<0 VISIONS-- -- . - . -"- -~. ( 1) • r. -, ) \.C '" (3) • hPticlc 19. The ex e cu bLv c 'lC!;1l1nti::m of t;hl[~ I,cl; mn.yc,:ml:nlnpennJ. f'r.tnoti'Jn in ·thE rQrm~ o I' Lmpr-Le onrnent , ~r' d c t n Lnmcnf nnd/'Jrflnc. 'J~)';d ~'.nd/)r "'j,., l' ['l'C2!' ppoc1uci;s ob ha i.n rrl fr')l!1')j:h'~r "'lei:] inv')lvul in.;" uteri I", ;\(.',"j")rrrl f'[lC o r-Lrn i n.iI (oct r-ef' cr-i- f! . ill pr.trr.t[i.'n.ph (l), Qan'bc'c~t1fHJc[d;c(l .l':::>r the Si;:11;c.. . Criminal ncr rSf f3r r ( cl 1-:) in pnrncraph (1), acc or-d Lnr: t o tho nature of it:~ n c t , c a n b« d Ls t Ln gu Lahcd b€twcen'·crinlinnJ. u c t and v a oIn t Lon , J .'. .j~ ., Chn pt Ct' VIr;.· •••• 7 , I CB:i~r'1'ER IfII. ~ , TH.lII;~~lrrlON~~L l'-~OV ISIO:NS--- ...-. - .. - ....... -- .- -- .~- ... I,' il.rtlclc 20 • . For6~t ~hich has' be6n'~tipulnt~d nsrerm3nent'Forcst,"Nn~urnl " \ ' Forest Pr aa er-v e and Wild-life Pr c e e r-ve , oo s c d on this Lecislutive 'TI(,gulo.f;i"ons effective' b cf' or-e the c om.in.; Lnt o force o f this ~~ct,. shall, be c ons Ld er e d a s 1"aT'(;3r. J>.rcns, hnvinr- the purposes o nd cfun~tian, in nccSrdoncGwith the B~ipulat16n thereof., :\., ...' "\ ·"'·l ,:, WhilE: w['.ir.'inr fOl"'t.he Ls s uc nc c o f the, cx c cuj Lvc reculo.tions .::' of ,t:his.'-Lct a Ll ree'ulr1:ions arid a c t s in tho field of,li'ol"'(:stry '>t.Jhich 'hav e cx Ls tr ed bcf:)pc,' uha Ll, r cmu Ln effective 'insofnr they d o :'nat -cont r-ud Lo t the epi1"it: o f tIll::) J.ct n nd inl:erprcted in' line with :;,thesaid 1.ct. ' , . .... .,,' 10' i·: CHi, P'J.')~n VIII--"1--- -- . .. .OJ,, ".. , ~ CONCLUDING l'HOV1SIONS----------- .... .... --.;.. Lc{£()ll,~,ed in Dj.:.l}{n.rtn. on Mtly 24, 1 9 6 7 . . '0 nms IDEWJ: OF" TIm. rmpUBLIC OF INDO~SIA, "" " I.C'1' I NO ,.... QP THE ,Ci.BIYET PHESJDIUr'l, • , J ~r8mulgat(:;d in Djakarta. . ',an i'1..'1Y 24, 1 9 G '7 for C"m' TT: "S11'C nE'r ' IJyL.:> J.~. .'.' '- . 1 .l I J. \. \. , 'i" ThiS Act can. b e called "Basic i.ct on Forestry" "and sffectivc fram the dar.c -:)f t hc pr omul ru t a on .. , In ord c» tho.tGvcl'yb:>dy may tcn ou , I;~) in3truct the pr)nJuJ.'I:Ct t Lon -::>t this .vc t by Lns er-t i on in the Official Gazette of l;l1c;{c pqblic e>~ Indonesia. . ::~: '.4,: " 'W • s .' :-l .... "',. ,,'..'".. '"', ',' '., c;.' ·\' ~ E x I' L .. 1'1' 1 . T I O' N . . - - . .. . . .- - --.- .. GE NJi; L\.lo L EXFU. Nil.TION ..---'--~r:,":",;:--:-'-j.~-~--, ,. ThE Lndoncs Lan 'Nnti')D 1~ the No t Lon who hn s been Grnnted by J,.lmi/:.,hty Gael with houio Ln nd \-Jhlch i~ aburidnfi hLy rich in nnt unn L wealth, n.')~ ,{'orest 1-1l11ch 12 s t Ll.L Lnuncn s e Ly wide • . ThGint8rls~vG dlJ.(inr· :)1' nu t uru L ·wc:l.lth in thin f~)rm of I'orc a t conatl~ute~ thri m8tcrl~11zati~n of I· he Mcssntc or the People's SufferinFs which c a nn o t b e p.)~Hpaocd nny loncer,' within th(:: I'r-nmc of na t t ona I ec on orn Lc d c v cLo pn c nt f;y mn ter-La Lf.z c the pc:..>ple'n \·mlfarc • . It is w:)rth pa y i.nr; n r t c n t Lon t;'J t he I'ric t t:'h::lt. the scope Cl1' theli'arE:stry ac t LvLt Lcs a t present ar-e fnr v-Jidcr thl:'.t: those in the pa at, 'du e .to: . . 1.,.Dav e Lo prnenf I:'.etivitic~ f ound cvcr-ywner-e and the ever rising d ems-nd o f' t:hC Lnhab I i:nnt s on h:JUS e-hold eq uipmGnt S v-Jhich ,,": . s ha L'l, c oriaume a lnrrE emounf of wo od , so th!1t f:he d cmr.nd .on wo od .ahuLL Lmmen s c Ly inC1"8n:-:8. ,'2. The ever Lnc r-c e s Ln.- cx por t Jf forest products and the 1n c r-e a e lhg d Ginn n d I'r-om I'or-c 1['11 c o un t r-Lcs • 3. The ever Lnc r erve ln L! inc! ustry wh.t c h :c ons urne a I'or-e e tpT'~c1uC t G os bhe.bnsic ,materlQls, 0..0.: a , plY\o-Jo:)c1 Lnd us t r-y , hu r db oa r d and ma t er-LcLs for pl"cf>Cbri cu t e d houses, both t) mc cr the domestic. c onaumpb Lon dc mand .as ·WGll a s ~'or export. b. pulp industry as the bas I c ma t cr-Ln.Ls for domcs t Lc 1n c1u,:Jr.·ry and as, the hnlf-finished mu t cr-La La tJ be export ed. . o. rny?n indu~try for textilG stufr ond others. ,-4. assisto.nc e I-Jhic.ho~n be rendered by Ti'orc.~try, \·/i I:;h rccr.·rd to HIe ever Lno r-cn a'i m. ne t u r-a L £:i11<:- under-tnldn~ by the Government nne! the J'copt e , S'. 'The ever, lr0l..Jinc. of t oun Lern in' our c ount r-y , n v o , p.l c lr--n.i o trip, hunt int' trip a nd sci cnt 1fio tr'ip, \-Jlwre I,lorcstry :nay con t r-Ibu~c ere8. t c on t r i but ion. ' . , 6~ 'lJ:'he share wh i c h c n n 013 /:iv(:-;n' by Forcstryin t lu: l~r[lll[i. of the re8.1izo. t Lori of avera 11 d cv cLo pmenf nrid miuru ti an [l;J th8 national pr~jEct. . .. ' Tl1l-3 F:)rt~~~ry a c t Lvi.t Les in'·+:11c -n b ov c mentioned o cc tor-s , be sides its c one t r-ucr Lv c .i nI'Lu e nc e in H1Gs'Jcicl-ecan0mic field, they.shn 11 rive f-Jr G;irn exc ha nrc ,ernninc v-Jhich shall be much needed by the State. To gu:u'~tnt c C . tl-w n c c r::le r~1 t: 1 orr, , orc.lerlihcs D '(1 nd cv cr-La a t 1/11'- of · ·the r.eollzntion o f a LL UlOS8 ac t Lvt t Lc s , '1iJorlcin[.,; ba e ic nn d jUJ~.L di.cu f ba s i s shall be nc e d cd ",lh1c11 c n n t o ke c ar-c 0.11 :~q)(';cf:~ :JJ'the pr ob l ene in l:ho ov er-u Lf. \Jrt'y8. 'I'hua ~lt U1G pr c s cnt ~t,l['C, l:lLi.. (lr.r'l~lml · Ls folt muc l i ppossin[ ,.) l.l1I(;,";dl:~t;c1y mnkc n Ba s Lc loci; em li'~)X'(:'iT:J, .' 1,~:,;;::·~·i. ..:: > • J I' na:: j, one1 ••••• ..... .. ~ ",~~ ,. ;'{l~:·:.?'· .\ - 2 :":.:'1:":';--. '., , ;}~;'o.£',:nati::m(\l c har-ac t cv to r-e p l ac e thc"Lq,islntive r crruIn t i on ill the :~Ytfeid· of Forestry €ffecf'lvc up t o 11O'v, 'Which ino s f >::>f' them oricinat~ ~t~d',from the' colonial G:CJvGrnrnent, beflrinc c oLoni a L character and of 'i<i" , ;~:various .k.Inds , , " /::;',Thc Basic ,hCt on Forestry c La o constitutes n s t e p t ouar-d uniflcnt ~tLon"or national law in the f'Le Ld or Po r e a t r y and b cc omca tho ma i.h . &I~'p:r~nf:".ror Lq).slativG :ilcgul<:\tions reculutinL various fields in the l;,;the, Fo r-ee try' ac t i vi t i 68 • ~~:f':;' , J'- . • \;/'f;:" ;,The spirit -o f this Act a s n ct vs olc:ly directed to pr-ot.ec t and ~i~inanage t he forest,' only but: is n Ls a and ma LnLy direc t ed t oucr-d ,the li~;,'ut.lllzinc forest,.as .much ClS pos s i.b Le for the' pe op'Le t s 1rJelfa.re, 1n j,'''linewith,thcmeaninL of article 35 of' the 19L~5 Constitution. ' i~;t/.,;' F6rest" has the function to control t he life of the majority ;l.of ~he: people, a.o.,~ \ ~0~~1. rirrnn[inG ir~itntion 'system, prcv€n~in[ a.nd restricting j3r·.~> . ~~~t ~~~:: 61" of flood and cr-ou i on maintaining the Land };;:~.!::.. . ~ ~::r(: ~•. too fulfill' t h e production' of forest products to mcet t h e .';"'~; demond·of the c ommun.I t y .Ln t~E:ner:..\l and in particular for !',"" 'the. purposes of d e ve Lo pn e nt , industry and cx po r-t ,. \ . 3. To assist t.o develop nn t.Lon a L cc on omy in, ccnera.l mH.l,to , at Imu La t e forest 'p r-od uc t a Lnd us tn-y in po.r-t Lc utar, ·4.' To, protect fnvoura.ble climnte and togivc' sound influence. 5. To Giv~ nnt.ur'sl beRuty in peneral "nd porticulnrly in the forms of Na t ur-n 1 1'1'88 (:1" vc , 1JJilcllifc ~-'1"cser-ve , 'P ~)ll'l:'.i ~~ l.; Ground a nd Hunt Lm: Gr-ound for the sa ke of sciences, educn» "tiCJll, civilizati::m and tou r-Lsm , '6 •. Cons t Lt u t Lng . one of 'the basic clements .f'or- nn b.l oua L Defence Strategy.' , '7. T~ civec.therbcnefits beneficial f01" the public. For those,r6a.~ons, article 5 p~rnc;a.ph (1) ~stipulntcs t ha t all forests are administered by r.he State • . The' maarung of "b einL a drn.ini s t credit d oe s not, mean "bcInj; owned", \.but R c onc e pt Lon which c on t u Ln e 'Jl>litia!;ions and u u t hor-Lt I e s in f;he l'i.r~eld of public Luw , a s Pil€'cified in u r t Lc Le 5 pm-nr.r-n ph (2). ' j:.:.:r: '!', ,. 31,~ With r~g[lrd to this conception, in t;ll€ f'r-am c of the pr-ov Ls i.on ;';}~':stat,ed in article 5 still makes poe e Lb Le vt.h e ex I s t cnc c of Pr-o per-t y ~\For6st(lS referred to in n r.t Lc Lc 2. In t.he mean time, in order that T';'all 'forests shall fulfill their I'unc t Lon "1011, in lint: with the in :.:,,:t€nti on -of Cl1'1;1 cle 11. f'ropErt y Fares t o ur.ht to be rq,;uln t eel :.1S to >':it:s mana gem cnt by the Stat e , bn s ud on hc r- richi; ,I1S 'referred t o in :;;:Elrticle ~, thol.lt-:"h the ex c c ut Lori ,CJf, t h c said lT1,,;nagemcnt 31lr.\l1 be ~~'p€rformed by t:hcown€rs t h ems 61 vGS. :ij&~:~>,.,. In 1.rticlc 2 f;he.f:crm lIStnt,:'c 1"orc~t" Ls uocd t.o refer [111 ;:~"··,rorests,'whlch arG not- rhe "Property F'orel3t". Thus the d ef'Ln Lr Lon ::':':If UStaf;c FCJ:t'Gst" 811n11 [111;0' COVGr t h« t' or-e s t s wlJ.ichbCJth on the '~.bnsis of LCI,:islative HC/1ulotione and lI'r~diti:)l1f'.l La1;/ nrs ec1minis ~(t€,r'~d:by the 'I'r-nd Lt i onc I Lnw Community. Thn admLni o t r-n t Lon ••••

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