Indonesia faces deforestation, energy and security risks from its overreliance on palm oil as a feedstock for its biofuel transition program, observers say. The government will in February increase the…
By Fariz Panghegar. This op-ed was originally posted on The Jakarta Post. Indonesia’s ambitious biofuel program, which promotes the use of increasingly higher mixes of crude palm oil (CPO) with…
The country has abundant resources of biomass, a great potential source of renewable energy. If the Indonesian government is to meet its self-appointed targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas…
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Indonesia's ambitious biodiesel programme will increase the risks of deforestation, as more tropical forest could be cleared to grow oil palm, environmentalists have warned, urging…
