#land use

Collection of land use news, found 261 news.

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Bank Mandiri stops restrict loan for oil palm plantations

The countrys largest lender PT Bank Mandiri has decided not to extend new credits for investors to open oil palm ...

46 palm oil companies obtain ISPO certificate

Forty-six companies have obtained the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Certificate, which was handed by the ...

Establishment of Indonesia`s Peatland Restoration Agency lauded

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) installed Nazir Foead, former conservation director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), ...

RI seeking to form peat ecosystem body before climate meet

Indonesia is seeking to set up a Peatland Ecosystem Restoration Body after the peatlands in Sumatra and Kalimantan ...

Indonesia to adopt greener model for development

The Government of Indonesia, in cooperation with various businesses, is committed to shifting development planning to ...

Inactive Bogor district head gets 5.6 years in jail

The Bandung corruption court in West Java on Thursday sentenced inactive Bogor district head Rahmat Yasin to five ...

REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...

Leading Int`l Positions Waiting For Yudhoyono

Last year, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was considering opening a fried rice restaurant or becoming a chili ...

Many coastal cities proposed for reclamation: Official

The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries has received a proposal for developing many coastal cities for reclamation in ...

KPK raids offices rooms of officials in Karawang

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Saturday raided the office rooms of the regent of Karawang and other ...

Twenty five companies agree to renegotiate mining contracts

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa stated that 25 mineral companies, out of a total of 112, have ...

Agricultural issue more important than economic concerns: Prabowo

The issue of agriculture is a more important concern than simple economics, because it has a strategic role in the ...

Six investors interested to build refinery in Bontang

Six investors have shown interest to construct an oil refinery in Bontang, East Kalimantan, stated Deputy Finance ...

Indonesia`s rain forest agency set to be in full swing

A new agency to protect Indonesias rainforests is ready to begin work to implement a first of its kind environmental ...