Task Force Urges Forestry Ministry to Resolve Aceh Business Permits Within 3 Months
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Task Force for Debottlenecking the Acceleration of Government Strategic Programmes (P2SP) has requested the Ministry of Forestry to complete the licensing for forest area utilisation for two pine resin businesses in Aceh within a three-month period.
Due to the unfinished licensing process, the two companies, namely PT Ika Tri．Trias Serangkai and PT Kencana Hijau Binalestari, have temporarily halted export activities for 12 pine resin derivative products that were previously sold to 26 countries.
“Regarding PT Kencana Hijau Binalestari and PT Ika Trias Serangkai, this can be completed within a 3-month timeframe through monitoring by the task force,” said the Head of the Working Group (Pokja) for the Acceleration of Programme Implementation and Obstacle Resolution (Debottlenecking), Satya Bhakti Parikesit, in Jakarta on Thursday.
He explained that both companies began their pine resin tapping operations through cooperation with the Regional Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) of Forest Management Units (KPH) 3 and KPH 5 in the Aceh region, based on Cooperation Agreements (PKS) with durations of 5 years (2016–2021) and 10 years (2014–2024).
Both business entities subsequently applied to adjust their forest utilisation permits from a Cooperation Agreement (PKS) to a Forest Area Utilisation Business Permit (PBPH) in October 2023, but the process was hindered because the previous agreements expired in 2021 and 2024.
Satya stated that the expiration of these agreements caused the permit adjustment application process to stall, creating uncertainty for the business operators.
The results of the session recommended that the licensing process be continued by completing several required documents, including a map of the forest utilisation area.
“We are providing a solution that the process already undertaken can be continued using the original application. It must be completed immediately. It is simply a matter of providing certainty to the business operators,” said Satya Bhakti Parikesit.