Settlement of land issues in forestry areas

There have been some cases of land overlapping forestry areas. Therefore, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Forestry, Minister of Public Works and Head of the National Land Office have issued a joint regulation on the mechanism for settlement of ownership of land in forestry areas (2014 Joint Regulation). Under the 2014 Joint Regulation, the settlement of any land issue in a forestry area is to be handled by an IP4T Team formed by the mayor/regent or governor. If the land is located within a forestry area in a municipality, the mayor/regent is authorized to form the team. The team's duties are, among others, to:

1. accept the registration of an application for an IP4T (Inventarisasi Penguasaan Pemilikan, Penggunaan dan Pemanfaatan Tanah);