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EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

Yearender - Indonesia`s agriculture has better prospects in 2017

The El Nino weather phenomenon that struck Indonesia in 2015, bringing droughts and wide-spread forest and land fires, ...

Indonesia, Suriname to hold joint commission

Indonesia and Suriname will hold a Joint Commission and Political Consultation in February 2017, according to Foreign ...

Number of tax amnesty participants in Kalimantan still low: President

The number of tax amnesty program participants in Kalimantan is still low although this biggest island in Indonesia is ...

China highly dependent on Indonesian CPO

China is highly dependent on Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) to meet its need for the commodity, an executive has ...

Indonesia sets eyes on Russian, European CPO markets

The Indonesian Oil Palm Business Association (Gapki) has said the countrys crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives ...

Indonesia aims to become major fruit exporter

Fruit is an integral part of Indonesias culture, as many local rituals and ceremonies make use of fruits. Every ...

President asks state firms to cultivate fruits

President Joko Widodo has asked state-owned plantation firms to cultivate fruits, in addition to the current oil palm ...

Truck plunges into 60-meter deep ravine, injuring 11

A truck plunged into a 60-meter deep ravine in the westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh before dawn on Monday, ...

Jokowi`s visit to India in December to have strategic meaning: Envoy

A planned visit by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to India in December will have a strategic and significant meaning ...

Malaysia acknowledges Indonesian learning centers in Sarawak

The Malaysian Ministry of Education has officially acknowledged eight Indonesian Community Learning Centers (CLCs) in ...

Ratification of Paris Agreement not enough : NGO

The decision of the House of Representatives (DPR) to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change should be followed ...

Time to apply pro-farmer system in plantations

The conflict between farmers and an oil palm plantation company in East Kota Waringin District, Central Kalimantan, ...

Armed group kidnaps four people in C Kalimantan

A group of armed people abducted four residents while working in an oil palm plantation in East Kotawaringin district, ...

Japanese investor to build bio gas power plant in Mukumuko

A Japanese investor plans to build a bio gas power plant (PLTG) utilizing nutshell of oil palm fruits for fuel in ...