All in the Hands of the Regents
Next month, the responsibility for issuing licenses to manage forests will be handed over to regents. Why should the old players and timber brokers still be able to rake vast profits?
July 24, 2001
ENVIRONMENTAL groups are bitter about it. Even local governments are concerned. And what they’re worried about is soon going to happen. Because, in line with the spirit of regional autonomy, the Ministry of Forestry will soon transfer the responsibility for issuing licenses for the right to exploit forests (HPH) and the right to exploit industrial timber estates (HPHTI) to the regions. A team at the ministry is currently discussing the tr...