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Indigenous Groups Call for Halt to REDD Pilot Project
25 jun 2011 in Palm Oil NewsIndigenous communities in Central Kalimantan are calling on the government to stop a pilot project to alleviate the destruction of forests amid fears that it would prompt conflicts between local communities. People living in and around forested areas in the province said they were not adequately informed…
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Preventing Encroachment In Sumatra Impossible?
25 jun 2011 in Palm Oil NewsAfter the United Nations flagged an area in Sumatra renowned for its biodiversity. Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan admitted on Friday that it was difficult to prevent people from encroaching on forests. "Sumatra is hardly controlled," Zulkifli said at the presidential palace. "Our brothers from South…
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Government to Revise CPO Export Duty Rule
25 jun 2011 in Palm Oil NewsThe government will likely change the regulation that sets the crude palm oil export tax amid growing protests from producers, a senior trade official said in Jakarta on Friday. Trade Ministry foreign trade director general Deddy Saleh said that the new regulation on CPO export tax might be issued by…
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Indonesia Quits Tariff Talks With Pakistan
24 jun 2011 in Palm Oil NewsJAKARTA, June 24-Indonesia has walked away from negotiations with Pakistan over a preferential tariff agreement (PTA) due to a lack of progress, a trade ministry official said. In May last year, a top Pakistani industry official said Pakistan was expected to reach a PTA with Indonesia for…
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Oil Palm Program in E. Kalimantan on Track
23 jun 2011 in Palm Oil NewsAfter being launched by East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak in June 2009, 75 percent of the planned 1 million hectares of oil palm plantations in the province have been fulfi lled. Sutama, head of the development division of the East Kalimantan Plantation Office, said earlier this week that…
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