Regulation No.20/2012 about Forest Carbon Management

The Regulation establishes the principles of forest carbon implementation to ensure a sustainable forest management. 

Forest carbon management includes: 1) demonstration activities; 2) implementation of forest carbon activities.

The forest carbon activities can take the form of carbon storage and / or absorption, which consists of: 1) nursery, planting, forest and land maintenance and forest harvesting that apply the principles of sustainable management; 2) extension of the cutting cycle at and planting enrichment of business permits for utilization of wood forest products; 3) protection, security in the area of ​​a timber forest product utilization permit; 4) biodiversity protection; 5) sustainable protection forest management; 6) conservation forest management;

Forest carbon management can be implemented at state forest with the following functions: production forest, protected forest, conservation forest, private forest / community forest

The implementation of this document also aims to encourage increased empowerment of communities inside and outside forest areas.