Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – Indonesia has the potential to compete with a number of Southeast Asian countries in seizing the legal timber product market if the Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) is not fully implemented in 2016. Ida Bagus Putera Parthama, Director General of Sustainable Production Forest Management at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ida […]

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar requested that the implementation of the Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) be carried out in full for timber entrepreneurs, including furniture and handicraft products. This responds to the issuance of Minister of Trade Regulation (Permendag) No.66 / M-DAG / PER / 8/2015 which revised Permendag No.97 /

The government and a number of business associations have agreed to move forward with a plan to relax regulations on environmentally friendly certification for downstream products of timber, raising concerns that the changes would promote illegal logging. The Trade Ministry’s director for exports of agriculture and forestry products, Nurlaila Nur Muhammad, said on Monday that

President Joko Widodo’s order to his ranks to provide convenience for business people and investors, seems to be responded to too far without thinking of the adverse effects that will come forward. One example is the revision of the Minister of Trade’s Regulation on the forestry industry that is being drafted as if ignoring the

Tens of billions of rupiahs of state money at Perhutani’s Public Corporation disappeared. The mode of cooperation with capital participation activities is contrary to the number of laws and regulations. Perhutani has a working area throughout Java with various types of businesses. As a State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN), the company that is engaged in the planting

“If I hear the issue of DE (export declaration) wants a patent, it’s a step backward. It’s like doing a high school question, then back to elementary school. ”As soon as the Jepara craftsman responded, Febti Estiningsih, when she heard about the planned changes in the export of wooden and craft furniture products, there was

Jakarta, June 10, 2015. A group of environmental organizations demanded the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) to comply with the Information Disclosure Act in accordance with the decision of the public information dispute that was dropped by the Central Information Commission (KIP) on May 8, 2015. In the session KIP granted an information request