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palm-plantation

Academia 1 year ago

PREMIUM
Agrinas is redundant for oil palm plantations

The measure is totally inconsistent with the government drive for improving the efficiency of its fiscal and economic management.

Environment 2 years ago

Acai berry craze: Boon or threat for the Amazon?

Long eaten by Indigenous groups, acai is a culinary mainstay in northeastern Brazil, eaten with manioc flour or used to accompany fish and other dishes.

Regulations 2 years ago

PREMIUM
Amnesty for illegal palm plantations sets bad precedent, experts warn

Experts say legalizing some 3.3 million hectares of illegal oil palm plantations will set a bad precedent for the country's law enforcement and might result in continued violations in the future.

Regulations 2 years ago

PREMIUM
RI, Malaysia seeks to soften EU palm oil stance

Indonesia and Malaysia joined hands to meet with EU representatives in Brussels on May 30 and 31. hoping to soften the bloc's regulations on palm oil in the upcoming deforestation law.

Archipelago 3 years ago

PREMIUM
Biogas plants construction starts in N. Sumatra, aims to reduce carbon emissions by 3.7m tonnes/ year

The construction of 25 biomethane-compressed natural gas (bio-CNG) plants in North Sumatra, capable of processing 387,000 cubic meters of palm oil waste, was started on Wednesday with the groundbreaking of the first plant in Langkat.

Academia 3 years ago

Forestry Ministry responds

Field monitoring found a rise in the population of orangutans in 24 monitoring sites in Sumatra and Kalimantan from 1,441 in 2014 to 2,431 orangutans in 2022.

Editorial 4 years ago

Can’t blame it on the rain

According to Greenpeace Indonesia, around 53 percent of Kapuas' 9.3 million hectares of water-catchment area have been converted into oil palm plantations, leaving only 4.2 million ha of forests around the 1,100-kilometer river.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Malaysia's palm producers to recruit prisoners, ex-drug addicts to solve virus-driven labo

Malaysia's labor-reliant palm oil companies are looking to recruit recovering drug addicts and prisoners to solve a severe shortage of foreign workers that has worsened due to a coronavirus-driven border closure.

Environment 5 years ago

Orangutan found on palm oil plantation returned to the wild

A Bornean orangutan found on an Indonesian palm plantation has been rescued and returned to the forest, the latest example of how habitat loss is piling pressure on the critically endangered animal in the wild.

National 5 years ago

Mother in Riau sentenced to seven days in jail for stealing palm fruits to feed family

A 31-year-old woman in Tandun district, Rokan Hulu regency, Riau was sentenced to seven days in jail and a two-month probation period after having been found guilty of stealing palm fruits to feed her family.

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