DECREE OF THE MINISTER OF FORESTRY NO. 127/Kpts-V/2001 DATED APRIL 11, 2001 THE MORATORIUM ON THE LOGGING AND TRADE
OF WHITE WOOD (Gonystylus spp.)
THE MINISTER OF FORESTRY,
Considering :
a. that the illegal felling of wood covering white wood (Gonystylus spp.) has spread out to conservation areas;
b. that white wood (Gonystylus spp.) has been traded nationally and internationally;
c. that in order to prevent the illegal felling or illegal trade from spreading out, it needs supervision through law enforcement by observing the mechanism of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
d. that in relation to thereto, and in the framework of ensuring the orderly exploitation of white wood (Gonystylus spp.), it is necessary to stipulate a moratorium on the logging and trade of the wood by issuing a decree of the Minister of Forestry;
In view of :
1. Law No. 5/1990;
2. Law No. 5/1994;
3. Law No. 41/1999;
4. Government Regulation No. 7/1999;
5. Government Regulation No. 8/1999;
6. Presidential Decree No. 43/1978;
7. Presidential Decree No. 289/M/2000;
8. Presidential Decree No. 177/2000 jo. Presidential Decree No. 38/2001;
9. Decree of the Minister of Forestry and Plantations No. 002/Kpts-II/2000.
DECIDES :
To stipulate :
THE DECREE OF THE MINISTER OF FORESTRY CONCERNING THE MORATORIUM ON THE LOGGING AND TRADE OF WHITE WOOD (Gonystylus spp.)
(1) All activities of logging of white wood (Gonystylus spp.) through permanent forest areas, areas of forest convertible into right forest shall be stopped provisionally (moratorium).
(2) The domestic trade and export of the wood shall be stopped.
Article 2
Every body shall be prohibited from felling or releasing white wood (Gonystylus spp.) form its habitats located in both forests already charged by management rights or areas of other forests.
Article 3
(1) White wood (Gonystylus spp.) in the form of logs which are acquired before the stipulation of this decree shall be prohibited from being traded.
(2) White wood (Gonystylus spp.) in the form of processed wood (sawn timber, panel etc) being stocks which is processed before the stipulation of this decree can be traded in the country after securing a license from the Minister.
(3) The stocks as meant in paragraph (2) are measured in accordance with the provisions in force.
(4) Further provisions on the trade and distribution of the wood as meant in paragraphs (1) and (2) are stipulated by the Director General of Forestry Production Development and the Director General of Forest Protection and Natural Conservation.
Article 4
(1) Heads of Provincial Forestry Service of Heads of Regency/City Forestry Service and Heads of Natural Resources Conservation Centers/Units shall make inventories of and measures stocks of logs and processed wood which are felled or produced before the stipulation of this decree.
(2) The stock of wood resulting from the making out of inventories and measurements as meant in paragraph (1) must be promptly frozen and safeguarded in places of the owners to prevent the volume from increasing or reducing.
(3) Results of the inventories and measurement as meant in paragraph (1) and the freezing and safeguarding as meant in paragraph (2) shall be reported to the Minister not later than 30 (thirty) days as from the date of stipulation of this decree.
Article 5
Heads of Provincial Forestry Service of Heads of Regency/City Forestry Service and Heads of Natural Resources Conservation Centers/Units shall socialize this decree to all holders of Forest Concessions (HPH), Business Licenses to Exploit Areas, Business Licenses to Exploit Timber Forest Products, Licenses to Collect Timber Forest Products and communities.
Article 6
Provisions on the conservation and exploitation of white wood (Gonystylus spp.) shall be stipulated later.
This decree shall come into force as from the date of stipulation.
Stipulated in Jakarta
On April 11, 2001
THE MINISTER OF FORESTRY
sgd.
