Food Estate Project: New Ecological Disaster Brewing in Kalimantan

... oil palm plants to grow. Fires are often found inside oil palm ... emissions. Eighty percent of Indonesia's emission reduction efforts focus ... (LULUCF). That is why Indonesia has engaged in REDD+ ( ... memorandum of understanding with Indonesia need to review the ...

Trade Swings to Deficit as Coal, Automotive Exports Suffer Amid Pandemic

... (BPS) released on Friday. Indonesia's automotive export fell 60 ... to $1.5 billion, while palm oil export managed to climb to ... ] On the bright side, Indonesia saw exports to China increased ... increase on an annual basis. Indonesia's imports of electrical machinery ...

Palm Oil: Local Consumption Down, Export Picks Up During Pandemic

... Palm Oil Association, or Gapki, has reported higher export of palm oil ... adopted import restrictions on refined palm oil products, which might put ... slow stock build-up. Indonesia began mandatory use of B30 ... in most parts of Indonesia will start in May ...

Indonesian Tourism Buckles as Chinese Tourists Stop Coming

... tourist arrivals plummeted in Indonesia in March as the country ... group of foreign travelers in Indonesia after the Malaysians – ... Indonesia's foreign exchange income along with coal and palm oil ... last month. In Bali, Indonesia's most popular tourist ...

Unrefined Palm Oil Boosts Lung Immunity Against Covid-19

... form, the palm oil. The World Health Organization said that palm oil is unhealthy ... for its people, but in Indonesia, there are still many people ... daily contains palm oil," Darmono Taniwiryono, chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Society (Maksi ...

Gov't to Use Artificial Rains to Prevent Peat Wildfires

... in Sumatran peatlands in May. Indonesia experienced its worst forest fires ... Kalimantan – the country's key palm oil-producing regions. The fires destroyed ...

Indonesia Posts Largest Trade Surplus Since 2011 as Coronavirus Disrupts Imports From China

... earlier. Non-oil and gas shipments from China, where Indonesia sources around ... percent, Yunita said. China remains Indonesia's largest export destination, accounting ... waging a trade dispute in palm oil, drop 1.4 percent to ...

Can We Ever Get 100 Percent Biodiesel?

... just boosting the production of palm oil. Palm oil producer Astra Agro Lestari president ... – to B40, Indonesia would need to increase its palm oil production by up ... 's a reduction in palm oil export, the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency ...

Astra Agro Develops Own Technology to Improve Plantation Operations

... the productivity of its oil palm plantations and counter the ... plantation tools and machineries in Indonesia. The company, a ... and accurate data on palm oil mills. This tool helps ... become a "world class" palm oil producer by implementing new technology ...

Oil Palm Farmers Hardly Benefit From Gov't Policies: Union

... sustainable palm oil industry and deliver supportive programs for oil palm growers. The Oil Palm ... land use for oil palm plantations, utilizing palm oil as a source of ... He revealed that many oil palm plantations in Indonesia are located inside forest ...