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President calls for optimizing land exploitation

President Joko Widodo has called for the application of poly-culture to optimize the use of land, including that ...

Ministers report to president about land for marginal farmers

Three ministers report to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) progress made in the plans to provide nine million hectares ...

President to review licenses of companies converting peatlands

President Joko Widodo has said he will review the licenses of companies that have converted peatlands into monoculture ...

President Jokowi should take action against forest fire perpetrators

Forest fires and haze on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan continue to create trouble for Indonesia despite the ...

CPO biodiesel to help lower state expenditure by US$2.43 bln

The use of crude palm oil (CPO) as biodiesel fuel can reduce the state expenditure by US$2.43 billion, according to ...

Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

CPO export tax to be abolished in October

The government will abolished the export tax on crude palm oil in October following the shrinking price of that ...

Four factors destroy forests: Activist

The non-governmental environmental organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (WALHI) stated that four factors cause ...

Millions of hectares of forest in Indonesia damaged

The National Environment Association reported that at least 57 million hectares of forest in Indonesia up to 2013 have ...

Indonesia expected to produce 100 million oil palm sprouts

The Indonesian Palm Seed Communication Forum has estimated that Indonesias palm seed production this year is expected ...

Agricultural trade surplus US$20 billion

Minister of Agriculture Suswono reported that agricultural sector has contributed surplus for the national trade ...

Riau`s two million hectares of oil palm plantation illegal: Minister

Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan has urged the Riau Province Administration not to issue additional permit for oil ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

Indonesias easternmost province of Papua is in need of more rangers to protect the forests from damage and illegal ...

North Sumatra`s earning from black tea exports growing

North Sumatra has recorded growing black tea export earning in the first four months of the year compared with the ...

Communal conflicts not affecting plantation development in Papua

Conflicts between two tribal groups in the district of Mimika, Papua, did not hamper development of oil palm ...