The Indonesian Ministry of Fishery and Marine Resources is undertaking a joint collaboration with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, in an effort to harness its ample seaweed resources for biodiesel production. A "Geladine" variety of seaweed that is cultivated in Maluku, East Belitung and Lombok areas in Indonesia is being considered as feedstock for biodiesel production. According to Indonesian officials, South Korea has the processing technology for the conversion of seaweed into biodiesel, but it does not have the feedstock. The Cleantech website reports that the South Korean Government "signed a deal to lease 25,000 hectares (61,750 acres) of Indonesian coastal waters to grow seaweed for biofuel"..