New innovations ranging from plastic-free agricultural solutions to tech that transforms the livelihoods of Indonesian waste pickers, are just some of the sustainable start-ups on show at “Demo Day”, as part of the Road to G20 Summit in Bali.
Helen Brown
Indonesia is using the Group of 20 summit next week to power through deals ranging from infrastructure to carbon trading that spotlights its ambitions as a Southeast Asian economic powerhouse.
Indonesia would need 17 million technologically literate workers, or workers who are able to use and manage technology, State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir said.
Indonesia’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is preparing four seaweed industrialisation zones to capitalise on the potential of seaweed commodities, an official has said.
Indonesia could offer value-added tax exemptions, longer land permits and swifter licensing for those who invest in the new capital project, Bahlil Lahadalia, the country’s minister for investment, told Nikkei Asia.
Miners in Australia, the world’s largest producer of lithium, are moving off the ground floor of the global market for electric-vehicle battery materials through partnerships with big U.S. and Chinese processing companies.
Australia says it will continue to provide military training, conduct joint exercises and export weapons to Indonesia despite increased violence and allegations of human rights abuses in West Papua, in the far east of the archipelago, where conflict has been rumbling for decades.
The Indonesian government has launched a program that will pay thousands of traditional fishers to collect plastic trash from the sea as part of wider efforts to cut marine plastic waste by 70 per cent by 2025.
After securing at least US$100,000 worth of deals through a recent major trade fair in Germany, Indonesian game developers are eying the next level in their quest for a greater role in the booming industry.
Ratifying this deeply unpopular legislation would see the Jokowi administration attempting to placate political Islam.
Direktur Utama PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo meyakini bahwa transisi penggunaan kendaraan bermotor listrik di Indonesia akan terjadi secara alamiah dan optimal seiring dengan pemerataan edukasinya.
Three bottlenose dolphins were released into the open sea in Indonesia this week, after years of confinement as tourist attractions. As red and white Indonesian flags fluttered, underwater gates opened off the island of Bali to allow them to swim free.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has raised some fuel prices by around 30% to contain ballooning spending on energy subsidies in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
East Java’s biggest dairy farm is owned by Greenfields Indonesia, a company established by a group of Australian and Indonesian entrepreneurs. The farm, with 16,000 cattle, has implemented strict biosecurity measures, despite no cases of the virus being detected there.
Australian agriculture Minister Murray Watt has announced $10 million in funding for Indonesia to help stop the spread of foot and mouth disease.
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