Decree of the Director General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation No. 191/KPTS/DJ-VI/1991 on the establishment of the Crocodile Conservation Task Force

Considers DECREE CF Tt-E DI RECTCR GEI\ERPL. CF Fc:J1EST PROTECTI CJ\l ~ ~T1.ft CCJ\JSERVAT ICJ\l NO. 191/KPTS/DJ-VI/1991 Tt£ ESTAELI5HIENT (F CRCCODlLE CCl\J5ERVATICJ\l TASK FrncE DlRECTffi GE~ (F FrnEST PROTECTICJ\l ~ ~T1.ft aJ\lSERVATICJ\l a. that crocodile is included as a species protected by law. b. that crocodile has been raised through a farming and that the crocodile skin has valueas an export commodity. ranching and/or a high economic Referring to c. t.hat. t.he conservable ut.ili2a.tion of crcx:cx:lile needs; to be supported by a Crocodile Conservation Task Force (CCTF), who carries out a sound management of crocodile and to overcone an illegal crocodile skin trade. d. that the Government of the ReP-lbl ic of Indonesra is carrying out the best effort to manage the crocodile resources on the basis of the conservation of biological resources. e. that related to the above matters, it is necessary to establish a Crocodile ConservatiOi Task Force [CCTF]. 1. Act No.5, Year 1967 2. Act. No.4, Year 1982 3. A:t t\b. 5, Year 1990 4. Presidential Decree No. 64/M, Year 1988 5. Presidential Decree C\b. 25, Year 1990 6. Government Regulation !\b. 28, Year 1985 7. Minister of Agriculture's Decree t\b. 327/Kpts/Um/5/78 8. Minister of Agriculture's Decree No. 716/Kpts/Um/l0/80 9. Minister of Forestry's Decree !\b. 116/Kpts-II/1989 DECIDES To establish a Crocodile Coneervetiica Task ForcE'1I which will be called as CClFll in which its perSCTlnels and its netMJrk is included in the ~ppendix of this decree. First Objective of the establist-ment of CCTF is to manage the data to improve the Crocodile Management in Indonesia based m conservation and sustainable use. Aims of CCTF are to improve the system of monitoring, recording and reporting [internal ann international] on the live crocodiles in the wild or those raised in the farm, distribution or transction of live crocodile and/or crocodile skins, crocodile skin tanning indsutry, and the use of CITES tag. second a:TF has sane goals, i.e. : Carry cut the requirements recc:mnended by CSG issued Steering COfTvni ttee at Col ambia [ I\bvember 11, 1991 ] the Indonesian Proposal on C. porosu«, Requirements met by end of February 1992. in the CSG to support should be Prepare the materials required for CITES meeting on 2nd - 13th February at Kyoto, Ja~ Plan a schedule of activity on the management of crcx::cx::lile after the Kyoto CITES meeting. Third Activities of CCTF include in of'Action Plan', which involves the schedule st ps to Co don. in m.n QinO t~ ereeeen l~ To prepare an .cUviU•• • nd Indonesia. ;§ /'@1~ §V@FgOOitfl~ ~~ t 11~a1 t;;=.3t'1~ To prepare a guidebook and/or tech"lical guidance on ranchino, breeding (farming] and marketing of the products To prepare a material/guidebook and to conduct some extension activiti~to the pgople, especially those who are living nearby the crocodile habitats in order to get better understanding on the cooservatico of croccx::li Ie in the wi ld. Fourth CCTF has responsibility to the Director General of hon and Nature Con~rvation and to the Chairman Crocodile Farrrer-s Assoc:iaticn (HFA]. Forest Protec of Indonesian Fifth CCTF is functioning as a centre for communications and data, to provide data required by the Management of Authority prior the issue of permit or CITES tags asked by the industry. and to Sixth CCTF is functic:ning as Source of Informatic:ns for the Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation in relation to the ManagemE'rlt of Croccrlileo in lndc:neosia. Seventh: The active period of CCTF is started on the date of the decree is issued and finished until the decree is cancelled or changed. Eight Nineth All of the operational costs of the CCTF are funded by the Govern ment c .q. the Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation with some supports from the Indon(;;'Si~ Croc::odi Ie Farmers Association. This decree is active strated from the date of issue. Issued at Date Jakarta 22nd December 1992 Director General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation. I r , SUTI BNq ~TAPUTRA IP. 080013257 cc : This Decree is adressed to : 1. Minister of Forestry, at Jakarta 2. Government Officials, Echelon I, in ttE Department of Forestry 3. Government Officials, Echelon I I, in ttE Department of Forestry 4. Head of Regional Offices. in the Departma"lt of Forestry, in Indonesia. 5. Head of Technical Executive Lhits, in the DGFP-N:. 6. Chairman of IFFTA [Indonesian Flora and Fauna Trade Association] 7. Chairman of ICFA. APPEND I X 1. DECREE CF n-E 0 IRECTffi E£/\EM... CF FCREST PROTECTI(]\/ ~ ~Tt.RE CXJ\JSERVATICN. I\b. Dat.e 191/Kpts/DJ-VI/1991 22nd December 1991 c::R3AI\lI ZATI[J\J CF n-E INIXl\ESIAN CRCOJDILE aJ\J5ERv'ATI[J\J TASK Fc::RE NJ. N A M E 1. Ir. Purjudoko 2. Abdul Ba ....i Ts 3. 0..... Soetikno Wi ....j oatmcx:U 0 4. 0..... 1..... Nana Supriana, MS 5. 0 5. Tazir Saleh 6. 0 5. Widodo Suko hadi Ramona 7. D....s. Boeadi 8. Ir, Abdullah Syam, MS 9. D....s. Suma....yoto Rtmosoedirdjo 10. I ..... T. Muladi Widjaya 11. Tini SU....yanti 12. o ....s. Sc:ny SandriyaI 13. Billy Gan 14. Alian Ruswan 15. Heru Kusumo Cl1gko 16. Leona....do Laloan FRESENT POSI T ICN Di....ecto.... of Development of PT IN-UTANI I I Di ....ector of Natu....e Con Oi ....ecto.... of Cent....e fa .... Biological Res. and Deve 1OP7lEY1t. II5 Agency of Forestry Res. and [)evelopment. Sec. Gen. IFFTA Head of Sub Di ....ecto....ate of Species Consel""Vat.ion Df.r , Natu e Conservation Researche , Res & Dev. in Zooloov , CEJID-lIS Agency of Forestry Res. and Development. Official of Dir. Nature Ccnservation . Head, Species Oistrib. Section, Di..... Natu ....e Conservat.ion IFFTA Secretariat Official PT. Reptilindo Ekapratama Cc:xJrdinator of ICFA for Irian Jaya and Maluku COOrdinato.... of ICFA for Sumate....a Coo....dinator of ICFA for Kalitn.;U1t.an and Sulawesi Cc:xJrdinato.... of ICFA fo.... Java, Bali, NTT and NTB POSIT I(]\J IN TI-E CCTF STEER II\J3 CCJ1'1 I TTEE Chai ....man Dep..Jty Chairman, Manage ment. Section. Dep..Jty Chairman, Sc::ien ti fic section. Dep..Jty Chairman, Develop ment Section. ~ IIIN.J CO'1'1I I rI::.E Chai ....man Executive, Management Sect.ion. Executive, Scientific Section. Executive, Development Assistant Executive Secretary Vice Secretary Ccmp..Jter Prog ....anmer Executive, Central Moni toring Program [OMP] for Irian Jaya and Maluku. Executive, CI"P fa.... Sumatera Executive, CMP fo.... Kali mantan and Sulawesi. Executive, CMP for Java, Bali, NTT and NTB. Issued at: Jaka.... ta Date : 22nd Decembe.... 1991 Directo.... General of Fo....est P....otection and Nature Ccnservation ~~tisna ~rt;.~t....a NIP. 08<X>13257