Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Number 15 of 2023 concerning Business Licensing for the Utilisation of Wild Plant and Animal Species.

This Ministerial Regulation, based on the Law no. 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and their Ecosystems, and on the Government Regulation no. 5 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Risk-Based Business Licensing, concerns the elaboration of guidelines for the utilisation of biological natural resources of wild plant and animal species, carried out through five different types of business activities, determined based on the results of the risk analysis, in order to provide legal certainty and effectiveness in the process of implementing business permits for the utilisation of wild plant and animal species. The Regulation defines the following relevant terms: business licensing; business actors; standard certificate; permit for the implementation of business activities; environmental approval; environmental impact assessment; environmental monitoring efforts; Indonesian Standard Classification of Industrial Fields; Electronically Integrated Business Licensing System; wild plant and animals; master book for collecting records of the genealogy, generations and history of wild plant and animals; Conservation Institute for public interest; breeding of wild plant and animals; circulation of wild plant and animal species abroad; protected wild animal and plant species. The Regulation identifies the following five different categories of business activities, with relating permits: business licensing for conservation institutions for public interest; licensing for wild plant and animals species breeding business; business licensing for the distribution of wild plant and animals species within the State; business licensing for the distribution of foreign wild plant and animals species; business licensing for wild animal and plant species exhibition and demonstration purposes.
The Regulation covers the following matters: classification of risk levels, based on the five categories of business; issuance of standard certificates; issuance of business permits. Chapter II details measures on business licensing for conservation institutions for public interest and particularly concerns: functions of the Conservation Institutes, including research and education purposes, respect of ethical principles and animal welfare; categories of Conservation Institutes, including: zoological museum, botanical garden, zoos, special plant parks, animal parks; application procedures for permits; land ownership and right of use; payments for business permits and relating provisions; rights, obligations, prohibitions and administrative sanctions; business licensing period and extension. Chapter III concerns measures on licensing for wild plant and animals species breeding business, focusing on: details on business actors referred to in this chapter; application procedures; fulfilment of standard requirements and environmental approval. Chapter IV concerns business licensing for the distribution of wild plant and animals species within the State, and covers the following aspects: business actors who can obtain permits, including cooperatives and state-owned enterprises; application procedures; fulfilment of standard requirements; rights, obligations, prohibitions and administrative sanctions. Chapter V concerns business licensing for wild animal and plant species exhibition and demonstration purposes, and includes: domestic and foreign conservation institutes, and purchase and trade of species; business actors obtaining permits. Further chapters include: monitoring, supervision, control; procedures for imposing administrative sanctions; fines and penalties. Annexes include: principles of animal welfare and ethical behaviour.