Hajj Fund Should Be Put to Good Use: Jokowi

... sea ports, roads, airports and oil palm plantations, Joko suggested. “If we ... those located at several major Indonesian airports. A portion of the ...

Commentary: Is the Sumatran Rhino Too Secretive to Be Saved?

... other land uses — such as palm oil — the rhino populations in Sumatra ... ‘natural capital’, but surely, as Indonesian citizens, we do not want ...

Migrant Worker Deal Expands Education to Thousands of Kids in Malaysia

... of Indonesian children whose parents are working in oil palm plantations ... Iqbal, the director of Indonesian Protection at the Ministry ... "There are 54,000 Indonesian children in Sabah and ... community learning centers for Indonesian children operating in Sabah ...

Commentary: Your Toothpaste Is Destroying Asia’s Rainforests

... 2010 in just one Indonesian state produced the same ... , the world’s largest palm oil supplier, posted information about ... committed to using only traceable palm oil for their caloric treats. ... PepsiCo — which uses palm oil in popular snacks like Doritos ...

Indonesian Cement Sales Drop in January Amid Heavy Rain

... which their economies rely on palm oil production and coal mining. Kalimantan ...

Elephant Patrols Seek to Protect Indonesia’s Rainforests

Trumon, Indonesia. Indonesian men ride on Sumatran elephants ... in recent years. The sprawling Indonesian archipelago has large swathes of ... felled to make way for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations ...

The Taxman Cometh: New Rule Puts Kibosh on Banking Secrecy

... to gain access to Indonesian banks’ information for years ... in tradeable sectors such as palm oil and mining. With just ... a 1998 banking law, Indonesian banks are barred from sharing ... Pramono, the chairman of the Indonesian Banking Association (Perbanas). “In ...

Proposed Plan to Boost Biofuel Subsidy Angers Local Environmentalists

... land for oil palm plantations to produce the palm oil needed in ... opening the gate to palm oil companies to besiege our ... policy will stimulate palm oil companies' expansion into Indonesian forests. This is ... this policy are private palm oil companies." He added it ...

Indonesia at Record Close; Palm Oil Stocks Rally

... biodiesel subsidies lifted shares of palm oil firms, while the Philippines hit ... 1 percent on the week. Palm oil producers led the gainers, with ... rising almost 5 percent. The Indonesian government’s proposal to ramp ...

Not So Fast: Analysts Say Indonesia Could Miss Growth Target in 2015

Indonesian President Joko Widodo says Southeast ... since the end of 2010. Palm oil capped the biggest January decline ... because of the drop in oil prices, according to a Nomura ... Chartered said most of its Indonesian clients see the central bank ...