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  • Jepara producers hone marketing skills during CIFOR's annual meeting

    By Herry Purnomo

    The Jepara Small Scale Furniture Producers Association (APKJ) exhibited at CIFOR's annual meeting for the second year running in October 2010. The...

  • The faces behind Jepara

    By Glen Mulcahy

    In the central Java district of Jepara, small-scale furniture workshops are a mainstay of the local economy. In recent years, however, furniture...

  • Carving out a better future

    By Charlie Pye-Smith

    In Indonesia's Jepara District in Java, wood furniture workshops employ around 170,000 people. This is big business, with exports amounting to US$150...

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Isi rumah yang ramah

Berkunjung ke Jepara beberapa waktu lalu, femina membeli sebuah meja rias. Desainnya memang klasik, dengan cermin oval di tengah, kaki dan tepian meja melengkung elegan. Istimewanya, meja rias ini...

Perabotan hijau

Hutan adalah habitat awal tumpukan kayu-kayu itu. Begitu memasuki Kota Jepara, Jawa Tengah, kayu-kayu gelondongan itu berubah wujud. Para perajin ukiran yang mahir kemudian menyulapnya menjadi...

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