Cooperation Agreement between the Government of Republic of Türkiye and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in the field of forestry.

The purpose of this Agreement is to strengthen cooperation between the Parties on the basis of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit on their national laws and regulations for the protection of natural resources, combating deforestation and forests fires, erosion control, conservation and rehabilitation of existing forests. The fields of cooperation are: (I) forest and land rehabilitation, (II) integrated watershed management, (III) forest tree seedling, (IV) support for conservation and rehabilitation of mangrove ecosystem, (V) forest and land fire management, (VI) combating desertification, drought and land degradation, (VII) enhancing the role of forest ecosystem in coping climate change through non-carbon benefit, (VIII) promoting resilient watershed to achieve ecosystem and landscape resilience in supporting water security; (IX) promoting sustainable management of forest, (X) promoting trade of legal timber products, (XI) utilization of non-wood forest products and services, (XII) promoting clean energy production from wood, (XIII) integrated combat with forest diseases and pests, forest protection activities, (XIV) implementation and use of information systems including GeographicaI lnformation System and Remote Sensing in forestry monitoring, (XV) integrated and sustainable management of wildlife, and (XVI) developing joint positions related to forestry in international forum. The Parties agree on the establishment of a Joint Committee to ensure the efficient implementation of cooperation under this Agreement. The Parties shall ensure the effective protection of the rights for intellectual property arising out of this Agreement or to be transferred in respect thereof. The Parties reaffirm that access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, particularly the principles of prior informed consent and of fair and equitable benefit sharing. The Parties may make amendments to this Agreement by mutual written consent. This Agreement does not affect the existing rights and obligations of the Parties under the international treaties to which they are parties. The dispute may be solved through negotiation between the Parties. This Agreement shall be valid for five years and may be extended for successive period of five years unless terminated by written notice requiring six months through diplomatic channels.