Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Republic of Türkiye and the Government of Republic of Indonesia in the field of environment.

The objective of this Memorandum of Understanding is to promote and strengthen cooperation to reduce pollution and ensure environmental sustainability between the Parties. The Parties shall cooperate on the basis of equity, benefit and reciprocity. The Parties shall cooperate in the following areas: (I) environmental management, including integrated waste and solid waste management, integrated wastewater management, protection of marine and coastal environment from pollution, air quality management, long-range transboundary air pollution, environmental noise management, climate change, green economy, chemicals management, and identlfication of potential risks for major industrial accidents, prevention of spillage of hazardous materials and mitigation of their effects, (II) clean production and sustainable consumption, including recycling technologies for wastewater and integrated pollution prevention and control, best available techniques, (III) environmental compliance chain, including environmental impact assessment( EIA) and strategic environmental assessment, environmental permit, approval and licensing procedures, environmental auditing, environmental monitoring and measuring methods, (IV) biodiversity and protected areas, including rasing awareness of the conservation of biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by protected areas, and increasing the protected area management information capacity, (V) environmentaI information systems, such as electronic environmental applications, environmental status reports, and developing environmental geographic information systems, (VI) capacity building through environmental education and raising public awareness and increasing the capacity of environmental institutions. A Joint Committee shall be established by the Parties in order to ensure an effective implementation of cooperation activities within the framework of this MOU. The Parties shall ensure effective protection of the rights for intellectual property transferred or created under this memorandum in accordance with their respective national legislation and international treaties to which they are Parties. Any dispute that may arise between the two parties regarding the implementation of any of the articles of this memorandum shall be settled amicably through negotiations. The Parties may make amendments to this MoU by mutual written consent of both parties. This MoU shall be valid for five years and may be extended for successive period of five years unless terminated by written notice requiring three months through diplomatic channels.