FAO in Indonesia

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28 August 2023
Gazing at the lush mosaic of green woodland interspersed with cultivated fields, it is hard for 49-year-old community leader, Pendi, to remember how his community forest land looked back in 2005. Then, this same land in the district of Ciwidey, 200 kilometers southeast of Indonesia’s capital city, Jakarta, was barren and...
23 August 2023
FAO, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) of Indonesia and the Ministry of Agriculture, Lifestock, Fisheries and Forestry (MALFF) of Timor-Leste express their commitment to ISLME sustainability specifically through the finalization and endorsement of the key scientific documents: the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and the Strategic Action Programme (SAP)...
14 August 2023
As an archipelago country, with more than 17 500 islands and 6.8 million km2 of territorial water, Indonesia has huge marine and fisheries resources potential for sustainable development. It has around 12 million tonnes of sustainable fisheries potential annually and around 24.87 million tonnes of fisheries production (including seaweed) in 2022....
10 August 2023
South Barito - It has been three years since the last beje harvest in Batilap Village, Dusun Hilir Sub-district, South Barito District. No less than 150 kilograms of local fish, such as toman and biawan, were caught from a 50-meter square beje pond earlier that day, on a sunny August....
09 August 2023
A Resolution on “Encouraging the Application of the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry Sectors” was adopted during the 44th General Assembly of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), held on 5-11 August in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Resolution, sponsored by Viet Nam, calls upon AIPA Member Parliaments to...