Most Indonesian palm oil producers are ready to use biodiesel fuel to increase the use of crude palm oil while the price of the commodity in the world market has dropped. "After inspecting a number of regions including Riau, I conclude that many palm oil factories were ready to use biodiesel," the executive chairman of the Association of Indonesian palm oil producers (GAPKI), Derom Bangun, said here on Tuesday.

Pekanbaru, Indonesia – Indonesia's newly announced commitment to saving Sumatra is facing an early test, following revelations that Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) had pushed a 45-kilometer, legally questionable logging highway through prime Sumatran tiger habitat.

Pekanbaru - The Indonesian Air Force (AU) and the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) will hold their 14th joint exercises on Monday, in Pekanbaru, Riau.

Thousands of farmers in Rokan Hulu (Rohul) district, Riau province in Sumatra, are now leaving their oil palm fruit unharvested, letting it rotten on the shaft as a result of sharp fall in the prices of the export commodity.

The Riau General Elections Commission (KPUD) on Monday declared Rusli Zainal, nominated by the Golkar Party, as the winner of the province's gubernatorial election.

"There will be no runoff election because Rusli won more than 50 percent of votes," KPUD chairman Syofyan Samad told The Jakarta Post after a plenary session on the recapitulation of the votes.