Plantations Abandoned Near Mount Kelud: East Java

By Barrie | October 24th, 2007 | No Comments

Indonesian workers around the rumbling Mount Kelud volcano in East Java are unable to harvest cloves and coffee because they are being evacuated from plantations, a plantation firm official said. Ade Prasetyo, a manager at state-owned PTPN XII which has plantations of coffee, cacao, clove and various woods, said the company had evacuated more than 200 workers from three of its seven plantations to safer areas. The total area of the three plantations — which produce coffee, cloves and various woods — is 1,200 hectares. The company has seven plantation areas, occupying a total of 3,952 hectares and employing 700 workers.