Eighteen major palm oil producers and the Directorate General of Plantations decided here Monday to set up an independent team to verify Greenpeace’s allegations of deforestation by Indonesian companies.

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The recent flurry of international buyers suspending their contracts for Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) indicates serious problems for the local industry. The trend began when two of the world’s largest buyers of CPO, Unilever and Nestle, stopped buying CPO from Indonesia’s PT SMART.

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The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) urges the government to separate the tax office from tax regulatory authorities and to examine tax complaints so as to improve the country’s taxation system.

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Minister of Marine Resources and Fisheries Fadel Muhammad has approved the Banyuwangi regental administration's plan to rent Tabuhan Island to Maldives investor PT Safari International Resort.

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Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto says much of the country’s infrastructure suffers from quality problems.

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