Jakarta, June 22 -- Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni and Chair of Commission IV of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Titiek Soeharto, released the first export of 8 tons of coffee from the West Sumatra Social Forestry Business Group (KUPS) to Dubai on Saturday.

"I thank all parties involved in social forestry because this is the manifestation of President Prabowo Subianto's vision," Antoni said in a statement on Sunday.

He explained that the KUPS has implemented a traceability system and marketing scheme based on blockchain technology, in line with the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) standards.

"We can now export coffee to Dubai, and with traceability technology, we can track both the origin of the coffee a...