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        "id": 1822887,
        "msgid": "forestry-ministry-revises-governance-rules-to-strengthen-kph-role-1782366948",
        "date": "2026-06-25 12:01:13",
        "title": "Forestry Ministry revises governance rules to strengthen KPH role",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is finalising revisions to a key ministerial regulation to bolster the role of Forest Management Units (KPH) as on-site landscape managers. The updated rules aim to resolve bottlenecks in forest governance by enhancing the KPH's capacity to coordinate between regulators, businesses, and social forestry operators. This regulatory intervention is also aligned with the government's push for a bioeconomy approach to ensure forest conservation incentives.",
        "content": "<p>The Ministry of Forestry is maturing plans to refine the Minister of\nEnvironment and Forestry Regulation Number 8 of 2021 to strengthen the\nrole of Forest Management Units (KPH) as landscape managers at the site\nlevel.<\/p>\n<p>Director General of Sustainable Forest Management at the Ministry of\nForestry, Laksmi Wijayanti, stated during a webinar on Thursday that\nthis regulatory refinement is crucial for improving the governance and\nutilisation of forest areas in Indonesia. Laksmi noted that within the\nforestry governance ecosystem involving regulators and business actors,\nthe presence of the KPH as a field or site manager plays a very central\nrole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we fully understand that when we talk about forest\ngovernance and utilisation, the position of the KPH in governance\nbecomes very important. Forest governance includes actors, regulators,\nand importantly, site managers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>However, she continued, these three important elements often cannot\nbe implemented precisely due to the unique geographical conditions and\nspecific situations in each management area. To break the bottleneck\nrelated to resource limitations and institutional capacity in the field,\nLaksmi stressed that intervention through regulatory updates is a very\ndecisive key driver.<\/p>\n<p>She underlined that strengthening the role and capacity of the KPH is\nin line with the government\u2019s efforts to promote a bioeconomy approach\nin the national forestry sector. \u201cWe are talking about strengthening the\nvalue of forests, utilising forest value to ensure that all parties have\nan incentive to protect forests, not convert them to other uses,\u201d Laksmi\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Through the revision of the Ministerial Regulation, the KPH is\nexpected to transform into a reliable field coordinator in bridging the\noperations of various parties, from business permit holders to social\nforestry operators. In this effort, the Ministry of Forestry continues\nto hold a series of public consultations to hear direct input from\nexperts, KPH operators, and local governments so that this legal\numbrella revision can become a concrete and comprehensive solution for\nIndonesia\u2019s forest conservation.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/forestry-ministry-revises-governance-rules-to-strengthen-kph-role-1782366948",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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