Indonesia has huge potential to use medicinal plants, which are considered non-timber forest products (HHBK), to make traditional and modern medicines as well as cosmetics, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has said. The government is currently pushing for the development of multi-business forestry that could be carried out by
The food task force of Yogyakarta Province has intensified monitoring against the hoarding of staple commodities, which could trigger scarcity of food and push up prices ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. The monitoring has involved the inspection of food warehouses spread across the province, deputy head of
The House of Representatives (DPR) is supporting the Indonesian government in developing the potential of renewable energy in the country, a member of Commission VII of the DPR, Mukhtarudin, has said. “We in the DPR are giving support, including by proposing the New Energy and Renewable Energy Bill, in which
The state budget (APBN) has recorded a deficit of Rp237.7 trillion, equivalent to 1.22 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), as of December 14, 2022, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has informed. The deficit is far smaller than the target of Rp840.2 trillion, or 4.5 percent of the
The Home Affairs Ministry has evaluated the performance of 71 acting regional heads inducted this year on the governance, regional development, and social affairs aspects. “The evaluation of acting regional heads takes place quarterly,” the ministry’s inspector general, Tomsi Tohir Balaw, said during the acting regional heads’ evaluation coordination meeting
The Christmas and New Year holidays are approaching, and going by past experience, they are likely to trigger a massive movement of people, raising the risk of a surge in COVID-19 cases. This year, for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesians will welcome the Christmas and New Year