BP2LHK Makassar (Makassar, September 2018). From the press conference held by Center for R&D of Forest Products (P3HH) at Gunung Batu, Bogor, last Tuesday (18/9/2018), it is informed that currently Xylarium Bogoriense, the Indonesian xylarium, has ranked world’s first. Surely, this it makes the Minister of Environment and Forestry, especially the R&D and Innovation Body (BLI), proud.
BP2LHK Banjarbaru (Banjarbaru, September 2018). Forest Area for Special Purpose (KHDTK) Tumbang Nusa, which is becoming the tropical peatland silviculture study center, is a habitat for numerous creatures, including several species of herpetofauna.
BP2LHK Makassar (Makassar, September 2018). Related to the plan of development of Micro-hydro Electrical Generating Plan (PLTMH) at Wanggameti and Mahaniwa Villages, East Sumba District, Head of Manupeu Tanah Daru and Laiwangi Wanggameti National Parks visited the R&D Center for Environment and Forestry Makassar, last Friday (7/9/2018) to see the process of making the micro-hydro equipment at BP2LHK Makassar’s workshop.
BP2HLK Makassar (Makassar, September 2018). While visited the R&D Center for Environment and Forestry (BP2LHK) Makassar, last Friday (7/9/2018) Head of Manupeu Tanah Daru and Laiwangi Wanggameti National Parks (TN Matalawa) and Environment Agency (LH) staffer from Banggai Laut District, Central Sulawesi, are interested with the innovations there, especially on the integrated waste management and biomass stove technologies.
BP2LHK Aek Nauli (Tapanuli Utara, September 2018). To realize one of the missions of North Tapanuli District Government, “Village as the Center of Development Accelleration”, the Inter-Village Cooperation Agency of Pangaribuan Sub-district, North Tapanuli District, hosted Incense Nursery and Cultivation. Representative from R&D Center for Environment and Forestry Aek Nauli invited to the event as resource persons.
P3SEKPI (Bogor, September 2018). Research partnership among Indonesia and Australia through Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has been going for some time. All this time, ACIAR prioritized research as the main foundation for policy to support economic growth in agriculture, fishery, and forestry sector.
Balitek HHBK (Mataram, September 2018). Pranajiwa as medicinal herbs has been known to many but its local-wisdom based benefits is not receiving too many attentions. This encourage researcher of Balitek HHBK, Rubangi Al Hasan, to conduct research on Pranajiwa utilization by the community. His research is later presented in The International Symposium of SFEM/IUFRO 4.02.02 di Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan.
Balitek DAS (Solo, September 2018). Land Resources Management (PSL) Diploma Students, Faculty of Agriculture, General Soedirman University (Unsoed) visited the R&D Center for Watershed Management (Balitek DAS) in Solo, last Monday (10/9/2018). One of the lecturers and the team leader, Drs. Prasmadji Sulistyanto, M.Si., said that this visit aims to seek information on watershed management to improve his students’ knowledge and insight.
BP2LHK Aek Nauli (Aek Nauli, September 2018)_R&D Center for Environment and Forestry (BP2LHK) Aek Nauli has been developing Pirdot Tea as one of the simplisa (dry herbal) for the medicine industry. “We haven’t marketed the pirdot tea as there are some laboratory tests still to be done to comply with health standards.
B2P2BPTH (Yogyakarta,September 2018). Office of R&D for Biotech and Forest Plants Breeding (B2P2BPTH) supports law enforcement efforts agains illegal trade of protected fauna and flora in Indonesia. One of them is through training of collecting and handling evidences for DNS forensic testing for relevant field officers.