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Indonesia Updates Forestry Carbon Trading Rules: What Business Actors Need To Know
The Ministry of Forestry (“MoF”) has recently promulgated MoF Regulation No. 6 of 2026 on Procedures for Carbon Trading Through Forestry Sector Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets (“MoF Reg. 6/2026”) on 13 April 2026, which substantiates the government's commitment to establishing a firmer framework for controlling and trading greenhouse gas emissions (Gas Rumah Kaca or “GRK”), as governed by President Regulation No. 110 of 2025 on Implementation of the Carbon Economic Value Instrument and National Greenhouse Gas Emission Control.
Indonesia Environment
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Nusantara Legal Partnership
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Indonesia Plans To Reform The Electricity Supply Business Regulatory Framework
The Indonesian government has prepared a draft of a new Government Regulation (“GR”) on Electricity Supply Business ("GR Draft") as part of the efforts to accelerate the energy transition and optimisation of the electricity supply business in Indonesia. GR Draft is intended to replace GR No. 14 of 2012 on Electricity Supply Business, as amended by GR No. 23 of 2014 (“GR 14/2012”). GR Draft is still under governmental deliberation.
Indonesia Energy
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Nusantara Legal Partnership
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Guidelines On Urban Waste Processing For Renewable Energy – Presidential Regulation No. 109 Of 2025 On The Handling Of Urban Waste Through Waste Processing Into Renewable Energy Based On Environmentally Friendly Technology
On 10 October 2025, the President enacted Presidential Regulation (“PR”) No. 109 of 2025 on the Handling of Urban Waste through Waste Processing into Renewable Energy Based on Environmentally Friendly Technology (“PR 109/2025”), which revokes the preceding regulation, namely PR No. 35 of 2018 on the Acceleration of the Construction of Waste-to- Energy Power Plants Based on Environmentally Friendly Technology (“PR 35/2018”), which was considered to have faced challenges in its implementation.
Indonesia Environment
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Nusantara Legal Partnership
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