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Indonesia Supports the Global Agreement to Climate Change, 2015
JAKARTA–Climate Change National Board (CCNB) has given good action by committing to decrease emission about 26% from its own power and 41% from the foreigners help.
453.285 Palm Oil Seeds Are Certified by Agriculture Agency of East Kalimantan
SAMARINDA–Agriculture Agency of East Kalimantan, through Techincal Units of Plantation Seeds Control, from January to April, 2014 has certified 453.285 palm oil sprouts.
BGA Commits to Implement Sustainable Practices
BOGOR –Bumitama Gunajaya Agro Group (BGA Group) having 149 thousands hectares areas, spreading in three provinces – Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and Riau, and having 32.300 employees, suggests to pay attention to three main things to develop palm oil, they are, profit,people, and planet.
CCNB Will Attend in Climate Change in Bonn
JAKARTA–Climate Change National Board (CCNB) will attend the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, German, on June 4 – 15, 2014, managed by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
It needs Alternative Funds to Environmental Palm Oil
Jakarta – Nowadays there are lots of sides urge to implement sustainable palm oil practices. But the real fact is that there are lots of problems too about the funds – it needs much money to implement environmental palm oil.
Palm Oil Development Should Notice the Environment
JAKARTA – Palm oil industry becomes Indonesian superior product and it develops in many regions, such as, in Sumatera and Kalimantan. It makes many palm oil businessmen want to develop it in Papua for having excessive natural resources.
Secretary of Agriculture Clarified the Unenvironmental Palm Oil
KONYA - Secretary of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia, Suswono, when giving public speech to the students of Agriculture of University of Selcuk, Wednesday, (28/5) clarified the accusation of exported countries in Europe saying, Indonesian palm oil damaged the environment.
Secretary of Agriculture: Turkey Could be the Facilitator of Indonesian Exports
KONYA – Turkey is so strategic to be the facilitator for Indonesian agriculture products to Europe and Africa. Secretary of Agriculture, Suswono said, Indonesia and Turkey could be sinergized to utilize the markets opportunities in each country.
US$ 1 Billion fromNorway is not Enough
JAKARTA – All countries wholeover the world have agreed to improve the environment quality to minimize the effects of global warming. One of the agreements is by implementing the green economy.
Astra’s Palm Oil Seeds Licence in 2014
JAKARTA – To fulfill and develop palm oil seeds in the plantation, PT. Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) is now developing superior seeds plantation which cooperated with PusatPenelitianKelapaSawit (PPKS).
PIRPOFA Is Ready to Anticipate El-Nino
JAKARTA – PIR Trans Palm Oil Farmers Asociation (PIRPOFA) has been ready to anticipate El-Nino or the draught in July to the end of 2014 which Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (MCGA) has forecasted.
Spatial Plans Block the People’s Replanting Process
JAKARTA – According to Secretary of Agriculture, Indonesian palm oil area reaches 9,1 millions hectares. More than 40% of the total area or about 3 millions hectares belong to the farmers. Unfortunately, there 200 thousands hectares are in replanting process.
Palm Oil is Good to the Abandoned Area
Sarongge –Palm oil plantation could not seperate from the efforts to decrease the emission. As it is noted in the National Action Plans to Decrease Green House Effect, palm oil trees are potential to decrease the carbon emission.
Secretary of Agriculture Boosted Palm Oil Productivity through Technology
JAKARTA–Secretary of Agriculture is trying to build the palm oil productivity scheme without enlarging the new area for the prohibition.
CPO May be Admitted in APEC
JAKARTA–The government might be fail to list Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and rubber into environmental good list (EGL) in APEC 2013, Bali. But now there is a wider opportunity to list the products in Wish Contribute to Sustainable and Inclusive Growth to Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation. It is widely open to do it after the APEC in Qingdao, Chinawhich was held in 17-18 May, 2014.
Indonesia – Norway Strengthen Forest Conservation
PALANGKARAYA –Secretary of Climate and Environment, Norway, Tine Sundtoft, on April 22-25, 2014 visited Indonesia. He wanted to strengthen the partnership Indonesia – Norway to conserve the forest and reduce the emission through Reducing Emmission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism.
Vitamin E from Palm Oil Protects White Material of Brain
MINNEAPOLIS–You probably know about the grey material of your brain. But do you know that 50% of your brain consists of white material? The good white material of brain will influence how good you learn and study. But this is one part of brain which is always hit by stroke.
IndoAgri Increased 70% Net Profit
JAKARTA – Indonesian natural oil producer, IndoAgri got increasing net profit for about 70% to last year same period.
PTPN III Despatched 50 Officers to do Umrah
MEDAN – PT. Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III as one governmental institution running palm oil and rubber business appreciated its good employees to do umroh on Tuesday (29/4/2014).
Wilmar Founded Palm Oil Factory in US
JAKARTA - Wilmar International Ltd keeps investing to many countries, such as, founding the first palm oil kernel factory in United States for California and West Coast markets.




