= 1 = = = = 5 = = = FORESTRY - - - = X = = = = = = THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY DECREE OF THE MlNlST ER 09: FORESTRY NO: 37-IKpts-11/2001 ; DATED : FEBRUARY 12, 2001 THE MANAGEMENT Qf SOCIAL FORESTS THE MINISTER OF FORESTRY. Considwing : a. that Decree of the Minister of Forestry No. 677/Kpts-1111998 jo. Decree of the Minister of Forestry and Plantations No. 865lKpts- 11/1999 has stinulated social forests; Bearing in mind 1. that practices of forest management must always be oriented to all potentials of forest resources and be based on the empowerment of communities through the provision of business opportunities for local communities; that since the decree of the Minister of Forestry and Plantations in letter a is considered unsuitable to Act No. 41 of 1999 anymore, the said decree needs improvements: that in connection with the above mentioned matters, it is deemed necessary to stipulate a decree of the Minister of Forestry on the management of spqial forests; Act No. 5 of 1990 on t...