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Prabowo says forestry fines can fund 100,000 houses for flood victims

President Prabowo Subianto said administrative forestry fines and recovered state funds worth Rp6.62 trillion (about ...

When Sumatra floods meet palm oil and biofuel ambitions

Flash floods and landslides that struck three provinces on the island of Sumatra — Aceh, North Sumatra, and ...

Govt prepares land for Sumatra disaster temporary shelters in 52 areas

Indonesia’s Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR)/National Land Agency (BPN) Head Nusron Wahid ...

Indonesia suspends firms in Batang Toru after deadly floods

The Indonesian government has ordered a temporary suspension of activities by companies operating in the Batang Toru ...

Indonesia probes companies behind logs that worsened Sumatra floods

The Forestry Ministry is still investigating the origin and status of the logs swept away by the floods, where it has ...

Aceh authorities clear 18.5 hectares of illegal oil palm

Authorities in Aceh have removed 18.5 hectares of illegal oil palm planted inside a protected forest in Babahrot ...

Thirty four Sebatik Island families affected by RI-M'sia border shift

A total of 34 families on Sebatik Island in Indonesia’s North Kalimantan Province have been impacted by a new ...

E Kalimantan pushes sustainable plantation to improve people's welfare

Head of the East Kalimantan Provincial Plantation Office, Ahmad Muzakkir, has said that his side is adhering to the ...

Astra Agro reaffirms commitment to sustainable oil palm plantations

The management of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (Astra Agro) has reaffirmed its commitment to the sustainable management of ...

Exports still under external pressure: Finance minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said Indonesia`s exports are still under external pressure with weak demand ...

Heart of Borneo model of inclusive green development: WWF

The Indonesian representative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said the area of Heart of Borneo would be a ...

Walhi calls for protection of Sumatran tiger

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has called for protection of Sumatran tiger or Panthera Tigris Sumatrae ...

Boycott is not solution to sustainable palm oil

A boycott is not a solution to the issue of sustainable palm oil industry, Secretary of State to the French Minister ...

Darmin to Europe to iron out palm oil row with EU Parliament

Coordinating Minister for Economy Darmin Nasution said he would visit Europe for talks with the European Parliament ...

Indonesia ready to clarify palm oil ban issue: Minister Hartarto

The Indonesian government is ready to provide an explanation regarding palm oil ban to the European Union (EU) ...