Vice President Jusuf Kalla will meet several investors to discuss investment opportunities in Indonesia's peatlands.
"Peatland restoration has to be promoted from the investment side; the business. It has been planned, invitations have been sent to potential investors," the vice president's secretary M. Oemar said in Jakarta on Thursday (25/08).
Oemar added that the peatland investments have to be supported by simplified regulations, which the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) is currently discussing with various ministries.
"I think there will be [new regulations]. BRG chairman Nazir Foead is discussing them with the Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Forestry and related institutions. I think it is needed to facilitate the investments. Our goal is to improve the forests and restore the land without the use of state budget," Oemar said.