Palm Oil: How Greenies Threaten Jobs and Food Security
The economic contribution of palm oil and other plantation commodities provided the assurance of a remunerative source of income and unlimited employment opportunities throughout the year for the people of Malaysia. A day’s work of harvesting oil palm fruits or tapping rubber trees for latex can provide a person with an income of more than...
Biased Studies on Deforestation and Indirect Land Use Effect of Oil Palm
There have been many attempts by the Western Environmental NGO (WENGOs) to undertake studies to demonstrate the impact of deforestation on climate change or biodiversity losses. Often universities are involved to conduct the studies in the hope that the final reports issued will be credible. However, not all these studies will be...
How WENGOs Can Contribute to a Better World?
WENGOs can re-align their campaigns by focusing on what developed countries could do in order to make a more meaningful contribution to their objective of reducing global CO2 emission and not just focus on stifling the growth of agricultural commodities of developing countries such as palm oil which will harm the income potential of...
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...
Copenhagen: Outcome As Predicted
The recently concluded Copenhagen climate summit was viewed by many participants as a failure for its inability to yield sizable reductions in carbon emissions. But for those concerned with the welfare of the world’s poor, particularly many of those living in tropical climates, the summit’s failure was in fact its greatest triumph. An effort by...
