Indonesia imposes moratorium on new palm oil plantations 1 SHARES Share it! “It also instructs (them) to delay the opening of new palm oil plantations to reduce conflict.”The palm oil industry is the target of a worldwide campaign by conservationists and human rights groups, who are pressuring consumer brands to drop producers involved in deforestation and rights abuses. Clearance of rainforest for palm oil and pulp wood plantations is also behind a slide in the population of critically endangered orangutans, a great ape found only in Indonesia and Malaysia. Amid a backlash against palm oil producers, the European Union has been considering a ban on the use of palm oil in biofuels. Concerted action is needed to make the palm oil a responsible and sustainable industry, it said.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 21, 2018 03:33 UTC