My Response to Irresponsible Allegations About Industry Practices Appeared in The STAR Newspaper Today (Responsible Stewardship)
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...
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...
Dispelling the Myths: Palm Oil and the Environmental Lobby
Though Malaysia used to grow a lot of rubber, cocoa and coconut commercially, it has now switched over these plantations to meet the growing demand for palm oil, largely from OECD countries. Palm oil increasingly
popular because of its wide variety of uses, ranging from traditional uses such as a frying fat or as an ingredient...
A Scam Behind the Australian Palm Oil Labelling Bill?
Western NGOs have been using the Victoria Zoos network to mount anti palm oil campaigns in Australia by making allegations linking palm oil production to deforestation and orang utan habitat destruction. Heightened publicity is needed in these campaigns and signatures of sympathizers have been carefully obtained to show public support.
