Palm oil sector reform: Addressing the fall in fresh fruit bunch prices
Jakarta – Indonesia’s palm oil sector has recently been rocked by a significant drop in the price of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) at the farmer
29 May 2026 10:26 29 May 2026
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Indonesia cracks down on illegal palm oil expansion in Seblat elephant habitat
Jakarta – Authorities have arrested two suspects and seized illegal oil palm plantations in the Seblat landscape, as part of a broader crackdown on forest
28 April 2026 14:27 28 April 2026
Research links West Kalimantan oil palm expansion to environmental damage and social conflict
Jakarta — A study by the LinkAR Borneo research team has found that the expansion of oil palm plantations operated by PT Equator Sumber Rezeki
29 January 2026 12:10 29 January 2026
Activists: Government slow to respond to spatial planning violations in mining and plantation sectors
Jakarta – Flash floods and landslides that hit North Sumatra have once again exposed major environmental management issues in the region. Eight districts/cities are now
22 December 2025 11:18 22 December 2025
JATAM: North Sumatra is colonised by palm oil and mining; deforestation spreads across thousands of hectares
Jakarta – Amidst the ecological crisis affecting Sumatra, the Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) assesses that North Sumatra Province is now in a state of emergency
22 December 2025 11:06 22 December 2025
Indonesia continue to promote fuel blending policies to reduce energy imports
Jakarta – The government continues to strengthen measures to reduce dependence on imported energy, which has been a burden on the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
2 November 2025 20:11 2 November 2025
Turning palm oil waste into bioethanol: Industry Ministry teams up with Toyota, ITB
Jakarta – The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) has launched a program to process oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) into bioethanol using glucose extraction technology,
18 September 2025 09:10 18 September 2025
Independent palm oil farmers excluded from sustainable supply chains, study warns
Jakarta – A new study led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) has found that independent palm oil farmers in Indonesia are
12 September 2025 18:55 12 September 2025
Biodiesel B40 program could lead to national palm oil deficit, experts warn
Jakarta – The implementation of Indonesia’s Biodiesel B40 program, which mandates a 40% blend of palm oil-derived biodiesel, raises concerns about a potential national palm
7 February 2025 07:22 7 February 2025
Analysts: Indonesia’s B40 biodiesel program paves the way for a greener Southeast Asia
Jakarta – Indonesia’s launch of its B40 biodiesel mandate, the highest biodiesel blend in the world, earlier this year is a step towards renewable energy
3 February 2025 20:58 3 February 2025
