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Title:	VP to Promote Peatland Investment at UN General Assembly
Date:	25-Sep-2016
Category:	Indonesia
Source/Author:	The Jakarta Globe
Description:	Jakarta. The government will promote investment in peatlands at the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York in mid-September.


Jakarta. The government will promote investment in peatlands at the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York in mid-September. 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.
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