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Embarrassed harassed by other nations in the management of its oil palm plantation, now, Indonesia tried to ‘independent’. At least, in terms of arranging the fruit plantation management to become queen of foreign exchange in agricultural sector.

In fact, the Indonesian Government is now confident to set on the Draft 2010 Standard Oil Palm Plantation Development Sustainable or Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) will be applied to the stakeholders.

ISPO is the background conditions that tend to RSPO rules put the interests of consumers than producers.

ISPO which will apply this government will be adjusted to the situation in Indonesia, and aims to set national oil palm development with environmental safety remain.

Directorate General of Plantation Department of Agriculture, Achmad Mangga Barani tells the government and the stakeholders are doing a discussion about ISPO.

“We ask for input to the company about what needs to be included in this ISPO,” he said, yesterday.

ISPO is being discussed this, still accommodate the parties involved. For example, will adopt some rules set out in the on Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

Some of them are commitments about the economy, long-term finance, transparency, development of plantations in charge, and adherence to regulations and laws in the country.

Although the Director General admitted that all this loss obtained many oil producers [with reference to the RSPO]. He gave an example of palm plantation in Indonesia’s peatlands may be approved even with regulations. “This is legal. But why should other countries that noise” he said.

No doubt, even among the oil industry to open your heart to accept the government’s plan. Joint Secretary General of Indonesian Palm Oil Entrepreneurs (Gapki) Joko Supriyono, for example, there are government efforts to encourage the immediate enactment of this ISPO.

“We listened to the exposure of the government. In the future we will enter,” he said.

Input form is expected to be included in the ISPO. He pointed out that such input certification forms for oil commodities in Indonesia.

According to him, the draft ISPO in the hands of this government is very open the possibility for change. “The important thing, the desire of government to make this ISPO should be encouraged and hasten it,” he said.

Not tricked

Thus, he added, as the belle of commodity producers, Indonesia is not easy to be tricked by the buyer.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Indonesian Palm Oil Commission Rosediana ISPO Suharto declared it was intended to apply the rules consistently governments to palm oil.

“The government alone has the right to set rules so that law-abiding employers oil and follow the rules of sustainable palm oil production,” he said.

Thus, he added, if later there are protests from other countries, Indonesia had evidence that oil production from Indonesia has been in accordance with the principle of ISPO. What is clear, he said, in that there ISPO criteria which must be passed by the government began to control the level of coaching.

Since the beginning of December 2009, the government began to prepare the development standards of sustainable oil palm plantations nationally or ISPO.

Because, so far in the development of oil palm plantations in the country often refer to the rules set by the RSPO developed countries.

However, the rules of the RSPO, is based on the interests of developed countries, so sometimes detrimental palm oil industry in the country.

“Why go around other countries make the rules according to the interests of his country, whereas we can not” said the Director General of Plantation.