Samarinda, July 3 -- The East Kalimantan Forestry Office is intensifying efforts to optimize the use of non-timber forest products, including sugar palm, as they offer opportunities to develop renewable bioethanol energy in Paser District.

"The enormous potential for utilizing sugar palm sap not only impacts the community's economic resilience but also promises bright prospects as a raw material for bioethanol, a future energy alternative," said Rusmadi, Acting Head of the East Kalimantan Forestry Office, in Samarinda on Friday.

He explained that the Paser District, with its 380,045 hectares of forest, possesses diverse natural resources, with the sugar palm proven to thrive in various land areas.

To maximize the potential, the local g...