Indirect Land Use Change, Green House Gas Emission and Trade Protectionism
Malaysia made a policy commitment at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to keep a minimum of 50% of the country’s land area under permanent forest. Today, it still has 55% of its land under forest. Forests act as a carbon sink and remove carbon emissions generated by economic activities and other sources in the...
My Response to Irresponsible Allegations About Industry Practices Appeared in The STAR Newspaper
The environmental group Sahabat Alam Malaysia accused the palm oil industry of “genocide” against orang utans. Another group claimed the industry engages in indiscriminate clearing of protected land. And another demanded the industry atone for its alleged sins by adopting a so-called “No Kill Policy” to protect wildlife.
Double Standards: The Biggest Challenge for the Palm Oil Industry
The Malaysian palm oil industry, together with the Sabah Wildlife Department, is organizing its second orang utan seminar in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah early next week under a broader title of “Sabah Wildlife Conservation Colloquium 2012″. NGOs are expected to send their representatives to attend the event. Some like Nature Alert are already lobbying to...
Global Market Challenges: Impact on Palm Oil and Other Vegetable Oil
This paper was presented as the plenary paper at the International Palm Oil Congress 2011 event in Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur on 15th November 2011. It discusses on how the peak oil crisis and the demand by the ever increasing global population will impact the vegetable oil market. It also highlights on why...
Fact-based Promotion for Palm Oil
The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) annual meeting is currently taking place in Sabah. As anticipated, the Western NGOs are going on the offensive to mount their 'attacks' on the oil palm industry. As expected, they have tried to insinuate and belittle the industry’s effort to promote the good name of...
Sustainability in Aviation Fuel: Palm Oil is Part of the Solution
For many years, the aviation industry has been criticized for its high carbon GHG emission. Of the total global emissions, 56 % comes from burning of fossil fuels and 17 % from agriculture. The aviation industry alone contributes 649,000,000 tonnes of GHG emission annually which represents 2 to 3 % of the total globally! The...
