Indonesia pushes multi-enterprise forestry to boost economic value (opens original article in a new tab)

Indonesia's Forestry Ministry is promoting multi-enterprise forestry schemes to significantly increase the economic value of forests by utilizing various resources like timber, non-timber products, and carbon trading, aiming for up to 10 times the value of conventional models.

• Indonesia's Forestry Ministry promotes multi-enterprise forestry to increase forest economic value up to 10 times conventional models
• Multi-enterprise schemes include timber, non-timber products, agroforestry, eco-tourism, and carbon trading
• Current forest value is estimated at Rp4 million per hectare annually, much lower than oil palm plantations at Rp40 million