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...
Palm Oil: A Crop of Peace & Prosperity
Recently, the anti-palm oil NGOs voiced their frustration at a leaked EU document that recognizes oil palm as a forest plantation. It is highly likely that any new definition created, will qualify oil palm to be regarded as a forest plantation. NGOs are becoming desperate in...
De-linking NGOs Concerns Over Deforestation and Palm Oil
1. A few years ago when oils and fats were cheaper than petroleum, the EU and USA rushed to promote the use of biofuels for various reasons. One not-so-frankly-revealed reason was that oilseed farmers will benefit from the new market outlets and the increase in prices. The governments also benefited from this strategy because agricultural...
