InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Dodi’s commitment, the nick name of Regent of Musi Banyuasin, Dodi Reza Alex is not lip service only. Thanks his leadership in the district, the palm oil plantations are developed socially and environmentally and it is possible.

The evidence is the initiatives done with non-profit organizations, the goals of developing palm oil plantation in South Sumatera province namely in Musi Banyuasin are realized within sustainable practices.

He who also as the Chairman of Lingkar Temu Kabupaten Lestari (LTKL) said that from the width of Musi Banyuasin about 1,433 million hectares, 648.417 hectares have high conservation values and high carbon stocks.

Meanwhile palm oil plantations in the district lay about 341.000 hectares – 56% are cultivated by the companies and 40% are done by the people. “90 thousand hectares are the forests,” he said in an event in Jakarta where InfoSAWIT did attend . (T2)

For more, please read InfoSAWIT, March 2019