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Date of Publication: November 23, 2015
Year of Publication: 2015
Publication City: Boston, MA
Publisher: The Conversation US, Inc.
Author(s): Bill Laurance
Bill Laurance from James Cook University comments on how recent policies signed by Indonesia and Malaysia intended to increase palm oil production counter Indonesia’s attempts to reduce the forest and peatland fires that have plagued the nation since August.
In the midst of its worst fire crisis in living memory, the Indonesian government is taking a leap backward on forest protection. The recently signed Council of Palm Oil Producing Nations between Indonesia and Malaysia, signed at the weekend in Kuala Lumpur, will attempt to wind back palm oil companies’ pledges to end deforestation.
Cargill’s Problems With Palm Oil | David Gilbert/Rainforest Action Network | Flickr | CC BY-NC 2.0
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