Indonesian Forestry Ministry to guarantee speedy permitting for geothermal
Indonesian forests at Baliem Valley, Papua (source: flickr/naturemandala, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
6 Eyl 2011
The Indonesian Forestry Ministry is promising to comply with demands for speedier geothermal permitting and will guarantee that it will not take longer than 3 months.
Reported yesterday from Indonesia, the country’s “Forestry Ministry promised that they would comply with instructions from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to speed up the issuance of permits for geothermal projects based in forest areas.
“When the [permit] requirements are completed, we guarantee that it will take no longer than three months for the geothermal permit to be issued,” Forestry Minister Zulkifi Hasan said on Monday, as reported by kompas.com.
He added that he had ordered his ministry officials to speed up the process in issuing permits.
According to Zulkifli, several companies have already proposed investments in geothermal projects.
“Many have proposed [projects],” he said, adding that he has signed several project permits already.”
Source: The Jakarta Post
