Veritask: Forestry Regulation No. 27/2025 Sets Rules for Environmental Services Businesses in Conservation Areas

1. Introduction

1.1 Regulatory Background

Minister of Forestry Regulation Number 27 of 2025 on the Utilization of Environmental Services in Nature Reserve Areas, Nature Conservation Areas, and Hunting Parks (“Regulation 27/2025”) is promulgated to align investment activities with conservation principles within conservation forest areas. The Government seeks to optimize the potential of environmental services through an integrated licensing mechanism, which includes:

1. the utilization of renewable energy;
2. the development of nature-based tourism; and
3. other forms of environmental services utilization within conservation areas.

In the section Considering letters a–d, Regulation 27/2025 consolidates previous sectoral regulations into a single legal framework for the utilization of environmental services, while maintaining the applicability of existing technical provisions insofar as they do not conflict with the new regulatory regime.

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