Police stops Greenpeace action in Dumai waters

11/12/08 09:36

Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - Police on Tuesday stopped Greenpeace which had been intercepting crude palm oil (CPO) shipments in the Dumai port waters in Sumatra in the last two days.

Along with the port administration personnel the police aboard rubber boats stopped the Greenpeace action at around 2 pm. They had also ordered a Greenpeace activist who, in protest of the CPO shipments, tied himself with the chain of an anchor of the Gran Couva tanker that carried the CPO belonging to Wilmar Group bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to get off the ship.

Two Greenpeace activists, namely Bustar Maitar from Forest Campaigner Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Adon, the activist who tied himself on the anchor chain, had been questioned by the police, but not detained.

The police had also ordered an MV Esperanza Greenpeace vessel to leave Dumai port as the berthing period of the Dutch vessel in Dumai port had expired.

The Greenpeace activists also marked the side of the tanker as well as a tug boat full of logs with words reading "Forest Crime" at the Dumai port on Monday.

Bustar Maitar said Greenpeace believed that expansion of oil palm plantations to natural forests in Indonesia had been the factor behind the increasing deforestation and peat moss destruction.

"Ironically companies like Wilmar and Sinar Mas are members of RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Supply). So long as no public statement has been made by the RSPO that supports a moratorium on the deforestation eco-friendly oilpalm plantations are a myth," he said.

He said the Esperanza would stay in Dumai waters to monitor forest conditions in Riau. (*)

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source: antara.co.id

Produsen Biodisel Diminta Tingkatkan Produksi

Selasa, 28 Oktober 2008 14:36 WIB
JAKARTA--MI: Pemerintah meminta produsen biodiesel segera meningkatkan kapasitas produksinya dengan menyerap sebanyak-banyaknya kelapa sawit yang kini sedang melimpah. Dirjen Migas Departemen ESDM Evita Legowo di Jakarta, Selasa (28/10) mengatakan penurunan harga kelapa sawit belakangan ini membuat harga biodiesel akan semakin kompetitif. "Pengusaha harus menangkap peluang ini," katanya.

Apalagi, lanjutnya, PT Pertamina (Persero) sudah berkomitmen menyerap secara maksimal produk biodiesel. Harga tandan buah segar (TBS) kelapa sawit terus mengalami penurunan dari sebelumnya Rp3.000 per kg menjadi hanya Rp200-300 per kg.

Pada 26 September 2008, kata Evita, pemerintah telah mengeluarkan aturan Peraturan Menteri ESDM No 32 Tahun 2008 yang yang mewajibkan pemanfaatan bahan bakar nabati (BBN). Menurut dia, besaran mandatory yang ditetapkan merupakan angka minimal, sehingga akan semakin mendorong pemanfaatan BBN.

Asosiasi Produsen Biofuel Indonesia (Aprobi) memperkirakan produksi biodiesel tahun 2009 akan mencapai 2.521.000 ton dengan pemakaian domestik 1.121.000 ton. Produksi biodiesel itu dihasilkan sebelas perusahaan yakni PT Asian Agri Tbk, PT Energi Alternatif Indonesia, PT Eterindo Wahanatama Tbk, PT Darmex Biofuel, Ganesha Energy Group, PT Indo Biofuels Energy, PT Multikimia Intipelangi, Musim Mas Group, Pertama Hijau Group, PT Sumi Asih, dan Wilmar Group. (Ant/OL-06)

source: mediaindonesia.com