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Elephant habitat in Bengkulu shrinking

The habitat of wild elephants in Bengkulu province is shrinking because encroachments into limited production forests ...

RI govt cuts CPO export tax to 22.5% for April shipment

The government has cut export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) for April shipment by 2.5 percent to 22.5 percent from 25 ...

Elephant population in Bengkulu increases

The population of wild elephants at the Elephant Training Center (PLG) in Seblat, North Bengkulu, Sumatra , has ...

RI`s exports to Mideast almost double in 2010

Indonesia`s non-oil/non-gas exports to the Middle East almost doubled to US$6.5 billion in 2010 from US$3.4 billion in ...

Indonesia fears CPO exports to Japan to be affected

Indonesia fears its crude palm exports to Japan will be affected following the earthquake and tsunami disasters in ...

Progressive CPO tax illogical: observer

The imposition of a progressive tax on crude palm oil (CPO) exports is irrelevant and illogical, a number of quarters ...

Govt studying proposal for flat export tax on CPO

The government is studying a proposal to impose a flat export tax on crude palm oil, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu ...

Bio-chemical industry needs serious management: minister

Industry Minister MS Hidayat said that the development of bio-chemical industry in Indonesia needed serious and ...

Oil palm plantations increase Kapuas Hulu people`s income

The oil palm plantation intensification program in West Kalimantan district of Kapuas Hulu especially in Semitau ...

Sinar Mas builds clean water infrastructure in Kapuas Hulu

PT Paramitra Internusa Pratama, a subsidiary of oil palm plantation company Sinar Mas Group, has constructed a clean ...

Badau stops sending workers to Malaysia

The West Kalimantan sub-district of Badau which shares border with Malaysia has stopped sending migrant workers to the ...

Oil palm plantations must not harm protected forests

Oil palm estates in Kapuas Hulu district, West Kalimantan province, have been urged not to damage protected and ...

Teachers in W Kalimantan get houses from Sinar Mas

Oil palm plantation company Sinar Mas Group has constructed two official residences for primary school teachers in ...

RI trying to be world`s main food estate: minister

Indonesia is trying to become the world`s main food estate in the next five to 10 years, a minister said. "If we ...

Oil palm plantations not damaging Arwana fish breeding

Arwana fish breeders in Kapuas Hulu district, West Kalimantan said Sunday that the extensive oil palm plantations near ...