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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The price of crude palm oil (CPO) at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) was set at Rp 14,215/kg on Tuesday (16/12/2025). As a result, CPO prices fell by Rp 35/kg, or about 0.25%, compared with Monday (15/12/2025), when prices reached Rp 14,250/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU — Prices of plasma smallholder fresh fruit bunches (FFB) in Riau Province declined slightly for the period December 17–23, 2025.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — The Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDP) has launched the selection process for institutions implementing the 2026 Palm Oil Human Resources Development Program, beginning with a socialization event held on November 26, 2025.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — As floods and landslides hit parts of Sumatra, public discourse has once again turned to blame deforestation, mining, and palm oil. However, senior BRIN ecologist Prof. Chairil Anwar Siregar urges a broader perspective: extreme climate events are the main driver.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Palm oil continues to face persistent negative narratives, ranging from deforestation and flooding to excessive water consumption. While environmental violations by certain actors do exist, portraying the entire palm oil industry — including smallholders — as the culprit is misleading and unfair.

InfoSAWIT, NORTH ACEH — Shortages of subsidized 3-kilogram LPG cylinders have again been reported by residents in North Aceh Regency. At least five households in Lhoksukon Subdistrict were forced to travel tens of kilometers in search of cooking gas, only to return empty-handed.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Crude palm oil (CPO) prices at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN Inacom) were set lower on Monday (December 15, 2025). KPBN fixed the CPO price at Rp 14,250 per kilogram, down Rp 50 per kilogram or around 0.36 percent compared to Friday’s price of Rp 14,300 per kilogram.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Plans to open hundreds of thousands of hectares of new oil palm plantations have reignited public debate over the crop’s environmental impact. Some argue that oil palm plantations function similarly to forests in water absorption and flood prevention—an assumption challenged by academics.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — When the state records land as its own, where do communities that have lived there for generations belong? This question continues to surface in debates over agrarian law and land governance in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, YOGYAKARTA — The Institute of Agricultural Sciences STIPER (INSTIPER) Yogyakarta celebrated its 67th anniversary on December 10, 2025, using the occasion as a milestone to reaffirm its institutional transformation toward a modern, adaptive, and digitally driven higher education institution.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) has taken a new step to strengthen oversight of the mineral and coal mining (minerba) and palm oil industries by promoting cross-agency data sharing and transparency. The move is aimed at improving governance in strategic sectors long considered vulnerable to state revenue leakage.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI — Authorities from Berbak and Sembilang National Park (TNBS) have destroyed approximately 98.8 hectares of illegally planted oil palm trees inside Berbak National Park, as part of a joint patrol operation aimed at curbing encroachment and protecting the fragile peat swamp ecosystem.

InfoSAWIT, ACEH — Thousands of kilometers of production roads inside independent smallholder oil palm plantations across Aceh Province have suffered severe damage following repeated tidal flooding and heavy rainfall in recent weeks. The deteriorating infrastructure has seriously disrupted the transportation of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) from plantations to mills and main roads.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — The Ministry of Environment and Environmental Control Agency (KLH/BPLH) has sealed and installed supervision notices at the plantation and palm oil mill operated by PT Tri Bahtera Srikandi (PT TBS), a subsidiary of PT Sago Nauli Plantation (PT SNP), in Tapanuli Tengah Regency, North Sumatra.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — The Indonesian Palm Oil Farmers Organizations Association (POPSI) has urged the government to ensure fairness and balance in law enforcement carried out by the Forest Area Enforcement Task Force (Satgas PKH). POPSI Chairman Mansuetus Darto warned that the imposition of administrative fines worth tens of trillions of rupiah on palm oil and mining companies could have widespread consequences if not accompanied by fundamental governance reforms.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Violence and harassment in the workplace remain a serious challenge in Indonesia. A survey by the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows that more than 70 percent of workers in the country have experienced or been exposed to various forms of violence and harassment at work, underscoring the urgency for businesses to take corrective action.

InfoSAWIT, YOGYAKARTA — The 67th Anniversary (Dies Natalis) celebration of INSTIPER Yogyakarta this year was marked by a special event that combined reflection on the institution’s long journey with appreciation for Indonesia’s plantation sector. The commemoration coincided with the 68th National Plantation Day, underscoring the strategic role of plantations in economic development, environmental stewardship, and community welfare.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — The Forest Area Control Task Force (Satgas PKH) has reported collecting administrative fines totaling Rp38.6 trillion from 71 palm oil and mining companies operating illegally within forest areas. As of December 8, 2025, enforcement actions have covered a total area of 3,771,467.31 hectares.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — The Indonesian Palm Oil Farmers Union (SPKS) has urged the Palm Oil Fund Management Agency (BPDP) to immediately allocate palm oil levy funds to assist smallholder farmers affected by severe flooding in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — The crude palm oil (CPO) price at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) fell to Rp 14,300/kg on Friday (12 December 2025), down Rp 114/kg or 0.79% from Thursday’s highest bid of Rp 14,414/kg.