Every release of state forest areas granted by Jakarta for palm oil plantation development in Papua and West Papua always includes relevant legal evidence in the form of location permits issued by the regents/mayors concerned as well as recommendation letters from the governors of the two provinces.

According to the latest real-time data from Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry, after 10 months of negative growth from March to December 2020, Indonesia's forestry exports moved back into positive territory last month.