Many of the concessions may not survive as such. However, a number of individual measures have been taken for East Kalimantan by the central and provincial authorities, mainly since early 1999. These may point the way to the future. The present challenge is the proper implementation of these directives. First experience and observation is not very encouraging.
Reality reaches from blunt violation of directives to simple non-action.
Recent policy development, the new forestry act and a number of other regulations, have created a new situation in Indonesia. The process of policy making is, nevertheless, still ongoing. The forestry act, in many of its articles, still leaves much open and stipulates 21 government regulations yet to be prepared on far reaching details. So, not much can be said about the final quality and eventual effectiveness of the new policy. Hence, the law is clear about the obligation and objectives of forest rehabilitation, but nothing is said about how to facilitate such programs.