Hapundung (Baccaurea racemosa) is a native fruit plant to Southeast Asia, which is widely available in North Sumatra. At first glance, the hapundung fruit resembles duku. The main difference between hapundung and duku lies in the color of the pulp and the taste. Hapundung has transparent and slightly reddish flesh, with a thinner and slippery texture, and has a strong sour taste (Subagio, 2019).
To support the Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (MoEF) food estate on peatland agenda, the Research, Development and Innovation Agency (FORDA) together with partners from universities recommend two main strategies. These two strategies, if implemented in an integrated manner, are believed to be able to contribute to the peat ecosystem restoration program, it hence will be able to create sustainable productive peatlands.
Sebanyak 16 Brigade Satuan Polisi Kehutanan Reaksi Cepat (SPORC) mengikuti apel peringatan Hari Ulang Tahun ke-15 SPORC yang diselenggarakan di Jakarta, 4/1/2021 secara hybrid (luring dan daring). Dengan tema peringatan "SPORC Hebat, Penegakan Hukum LHK Kuat", Menteri LHK, Siti Nurbaya mengapresiasi kinerja SPORC dan semua pihak yang telah membantu tugas SPORC selama ini, dan mengharapkan kedepan kiprah SPORC semakin hebat dalam mengamankan sumber daya hutan dan keanekaragaman hayati Indonesia.
The RePeat (Rehabilitation of Peatland) program that was developed by the the Research and Development Center for Environment and Forestry Banjarbaru has again inspired various parties to voluntarily plant on peatlands for rehabilitation. One of them is PT. Pegadaian Persero Kalimantan Tengah which supported RePeat at the end of 2020, last Sunday (20/12/2020).
[FORDA] _The year of 2020 has just gone by. For the Research, Development and Innovation Agency (FORDA), 2020 has special meaning. After dedicating and working hard for more than a century since 1913, in 2020 FORDA's contribution to research and development of environment and forestry reached the end. The dedication to realizing better sustainability of Indonesia's forests and environment will keep going nonetheless. Anywhere, anytime, in any task and responsibility, all FORDA entities are ready
