The Case of WENGOs Blindly Pushing for Labelling of Palm Oil
The greatest flaw and danger by Australian Senate in the proposed palm oil labeling Bill is its discriminatory treatment of palm oil. The Bill was proposed based on WENGOs’ allegations and not on well founded studies of the palm oil industry in Malaysia, Indonesia and many other developing countries in Tropical Asia, Africa and Latin...
Zoos Victoria Creating Agricultural Trade War Amongst Friendly Nations
Zoos in various states in Australia recently issued defiant statements defending their position to continue to allow NGOs to use their premises as campaign grounds to link the oil palm industry with orang utan habitat lost. Posters displayed by the NGOs on the cages housing the orang utans at the zoos were found to be...
Sustainability: New Market for Certified Sustainable Oils and Fats?
Confusion reigns over certified and uncertified oils In recent years, the Western Environmental NGOs (WENGOs) together with producers and buyers of palm oil have attempted to promote the development and market for certified sustainable oils and fats products in addition to existing non-certified products. This has resulted in two types of market for oils and...
