Why?
 Nipah Palm has unique characteristics. It is one of the oldest recorded Thatched Palm Tree – 70 million years ago. Its habitat are river banks and wetlands, where the trunk is submerged under water, the leaf structure is the only species of its kind that absorb during the day large volume of photovoltaic and photosynthesis Carbon Dioxide (CO2). At the highest temperature of the day around 3pm; whereas normal hard wood trees would produce Oxygen (O2) through the leaves, Nipah traps the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the sugar-rich sap.
 The Nipah Palm grows freely and naturally without any human intervention. Nipah Palm has an auto-replanting mechanism; therefore it does not need to be cultivated as is with Jatropha, Arenga Palm and other agriculture products. Nipah Palm has a productive life span of 50 years or more.
 Harvesting sugar-rich sap is easy and has no negative-complimentary relationship to other edible biofuels such as corn, palm oil, sugar cane, sugar beets, potatoes, onions, and even peanuts. The sugar-rich sap from Nipah Palm is the only ethanol feedstock and one of the natural biofuel sources that is non-toxic and non-edible. 13 Liters of sugar-rich Nipah Palm sap produces 1 Liter of Biofuel-ethanol. The remaining 12 liters of residuals, on a scale of 20,000 Ha, produces one of the many by-products known as Captured liquid Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in excess of 100,000 MT (Metric Ton) annually and equal quantity of Bio-Organic Fertilizers. Initially, our Nipah Palm Estate will commence to produces between 15,000–20,000 liters of ethanol per hectare per year, whereas corn and sugar cane produce 6,000-7,000 liters. Basically, the Nipah Palm tree is superior in both cost and yield.
Where?
North 2o 13o 47.88”S East 136o 50o 20.49”E South 2o 18o 24.30”S
West 136o 35o 53.94”E (Regency of Waropen, Papua, Indonesia)
42% of world Nipah Palm global supply is found in Papua Indonesia, which is covered with dense moist tropical rainforest from coast to coast, where Nipah Palm thrives at its best on the forest near rivers and mangroves.
How?
Individual Landowners Group (“ILG”) also known as Masyarakat Adat living in this area are the actual Ancestral Land Owners. IGL with the Regent, the legislative Council and the National Land Registry Agency have entered into a 99 Years Stewardship Agreement with PT. FirstFruits who manage and harvest 20,000 hectares (98,842 Acres) of Nipah Palm plantation for the sole purpose of producing green biofuel products.
 PT. FirstFruits
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